{"id":2051,"date":"2018-03-16T17:43:39","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T16:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swissmig.wordpress.com\/?p=2051"},"modified":"2018-03-16T17:43:39","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T16:43:39","slug":"fear-of-small-numbers-immigrant-population-size-and-electoral-support-for-the-populist-radical-right-in-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/?p=2051","title":{"rendered":"Fear of small numbers? Immigrant population size and electoral support for the populist radical right in Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Author(s) : Effrosyni Charitopoulou, Javier Garc\u00eda-Manglano<\/h3>\n<h3>Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/1369183X.2017.1337505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/1369183X.2017.1337505<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"hlFld-Abstract\">\n<div class=\"abstractSection abstractInFull\">\n<p>In this paper, we examine the association between contact with migrant populations and support for the populist radical right (PRR) in Switzerland. Building on group threat and intergroup contact theories, which offer opposing predictions, and drawing on Appadurai\u2019s thesis of the \u2018fear of small numbers\u2019, we propose a new theoretical framework to explain this association. We predict that the relationship between the size of the migrant populations and PRR voting is nonlinear: a small but noticeable minority triggers the formation of anti-immigrant attitudes, which soften as the minority grows and people start having meaningful interactions with foreigners. To test these theories, we combine individual-level data with municipality-level information. Mixed-effects multilevel models confirm that individuals in municipalities with a moderate proportion of foreigners are more likely than those with fewer or a greater number of migrants to cast their vote in support of PRR parties; this is particularly so for certain stigmatised minorities. We further explore the effect of perceived immigrant threat in moderating these relationships.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"abstractKeywords\">\n<div class=\"hlFld-KeywordText\">KEYWORDS: Populist radical right voting<span class=\"comma\">,\u00a0<\/span>migration<span class=\"comma\">,\u00a0<\/span>group threat theory<span class=\"comma\">,\u00a0<\/span>intergroup contact theory<span class=\"comma\">,\u00a0<\/span>fear of small numbers<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author(s) : Effrosyni Charitopoulou, Javier Garc\u00eda-Manglano Source : https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/1369183X.2017.1337505 Abstract:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[285,7,37,9,95,254,96],"class_list":["post-2051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-285","tag-article","tag-attitudes-towards-migrants","tag-english-language","tag-populism","tag-right-wing-radicalism","tag-voting-behaviour"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}