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Author(s): | Fernandes-Jesus, M. Rochira, A. Mannarini, T. |
Date: | 2023 |
Title: | Opposition to immigration: How people who identify with far‐right discourses legitimize the social exclusion of immigrants |
Journal title: | Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology |
Volume: | 33 |
Number: | 1 |
Pages: | 14 - 31 |
Reference: | Fernandes-Jesus, M., Rochira, A., & Mannarini, T. (2023). Opposition to immigration: How people who identify with far‐right discourses legitimize the social exclusion of immigrants. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 33(1), 14-31. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/casp.2634 |
ISSN: | 1052-9284 |
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | 10.1002/casp.2634 |
Keywords: | Anti-immigration Ownership Group threats Social exclusion Exclusionary solidarity |
Abstract: | This study sought to develop our understanding of how people legitimize opposition to immigration. Thirty-eight interviews were conducted with people who self-identified with far-right anti-immigration discourses, in Italy (N = 23) and Portugal (N = 15). Using reflexive thematic analysis, we developed four related themes. In the first theme, ‘They're guests’: Legitimizing exclusion by differentiating (non-) immigrants, we discuss how despite differentiating between types of immigrants, participants support their social exclusion and always perceive them as guests. In the second theme, ‘White people exist’: Multiple and intersected identity threats, we identify how anti-immigration is legitimized by recurring multiple group threats including ownership, economic, security, cultural, and existential threats. In the third theme, ‘It's like your home’: Justifying exclusionary solidarity based on ownership rights, we illustrate how collective ownership is used to justify practices of exclusionary solidarity. In the fourth theme ‘This is me’: Being born and becoming anti-immigration, we discuss how opposition to immigration was constructed and influenced by contextual conditions as well as international sources of information. The implications of these findings are discussed while considering how participants' experiences and social contexts shape how they perceive immigration and legitimize the social exclusion of immigrants. |
Peerreviewed: | yes |
Access type: | Open Access |
Appears in Collections: | CIS-RI - Artigos em revistas científicas internacionais com arbitragem científica |
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