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Klinger, Julia, Mueller, Stefan and Schaeffer, Merlin ORCID: 0000-0003-1969-8974 (2017). The Halo-Effect in Homogeneous Neighborhoods. Z. Soziol., 46 (6). S. 402 - 420. BERLIN: WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH. ISSN 2366-0325

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Abstract

Are people who live in homogenous neighborhoods that border on ethnically diverse ones (or are even encircled by them) more xenophobic? This socio-spatial constellation, which is known as the halo effect-hypothesis, synthesizes two prominent explanations of xenophobia: As the neighborhood itself offers little opportunity for positive intergroup contact, the neighboring ethnically diverse neighborhoods may instill feelings of competition and group threat, which eventually result in xenophobia. This perspective goes beyond classical hypotheses about the contextual effects of population diversity and emphasizes the importance of the geographical embeddedness of neighborhoods. Yet, our analyses based on geo-coded ALLBUS [German General Social Survey] 2014 data neither provide support for the halo effect hypotheses among the general population nor among xenophobia-minded sub-populations. Nevertheless, our study makes a case for the importance of considering local embeddedness of neighborhoods and demonstrates the methodological characteristics and challenges of such a spatial analysis of the geo-coded ALLBUS data. We conclude by discussing plausible reasons why our results deviate from earlier American and European studies.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Klinger, Julia UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Mueller, Stefan UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schaeffer, Merlin UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-1969-8974 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-208563
DOI:	10.1515/zfsoz-2017-1022
Journal or Publication Title:	Z. Soziol.
Volume:	46
Number:	6
Page Range:	S. 402 - 420
Date:	2017
Publisher:	WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH
Place of Publication:	BERLIN
ISSN:	2366-0325
Language:	German
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language PERCEIVED GROUP THREAT; INTERGROUP CONTACT; ETHNIC DIVERSITY; ANTI-IMMIGRANT; EMPIRICAL-TEST; OUTGROUP SIZE; WELFARE-STATE; SPATIAL DATA; ATTITUDES; PREJUDICE Multiple languages Sociology Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/20856