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Statistical and Perceived Diversity and Their Impacts on Neighborhood Social Cohesion in Germany, France and the Netherlands
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Abstract The question whether ethnic diversity is associated with declining social cohesion has produced much controversy. We maintain that more attention must be paid to cognitive mechanisms to move the debate ahead. Using survey data from 938 localities in Germany, France, and the Netherlands, we explore a... mehr
The question whether ethnic diversity is associated with declining social cohesion has produced much controversy. We maintain that more attention must be paid to cognitive mechanisms to move the debate ahead. Using survey data from 938 localities in Germany, France, and the Netherlands, we explore a crucial individual-level mechanism: perceptions of diversity. We not only consider perceptions of the amount, but also of the qualitative nature of diversity. By asking about various qualitative aspects of diversity, we test the cognitive salience of three explanations that have been proposed in the literature for negative diversity effects: out-group biases, asymmetric preferences and coordination problems. We show that all three mechanisms matter. Perceptions both mediate statistical diversity effects, and have important explanatory power of their own. Moreover, we are able to address the question to what extend the relationship of perceived diversity and neighborhood social cohesion varies across policy contexts. Based on assumptions in the literature about positive impacts of inclusive and culturally pluralist immigrant integration policy approaches, we hypothesize that ethno-cultural diversity is less negatively related to neighborhood social cohesion in more inclusive policy contexts. Our results provide partial support for this hypothesis as perceived diversity has a significantly stronger negative impact on neighborhood cohesion in Germany.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Nachbarschaft; Diversität; ethnische Struktur; Minderheit; Einwanderung; soziale Beziehungen; soziale Kohäsion; Sozialkapital; kulturelle Vielfalt; Fremdgruppe; Vorurteil; Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Frankreich; Niederlande
Klassifikation
Soziologie von Gesamtgesellschaften
Migration
Freie Schlagwörter
community erosion; intergroup relations; Ethnic Diversity and Collective Action Survey (EDCAS)
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2016
Seitenangabe
S. 853-883
Zeitschriftentitel
Social Indicators Research, 125 (2016) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-015-0863-3
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/10419/228773
ISSN
1573-0921
Status
Preprint; begutachtet