Intercultural relations and attitudes towards immigrants : the case of Slovenia

Ule, Mirjana (author), Kurdija, Slavko (author)

The paper analyses public opinion towards immigrants in Slovenia, especially in terms of openness and acceptance. It begins by providing some key theoretical background on the topic and then draws on selected empirical data from the European Social Survey from a cross-temporal perspective. According to survey data, respondents in Slovenia have become more open towards immigrants in recent years. However, there are significant tensions between those who are more open to and those who oppose immigration. This divide between immigration supporters and opponents is a persistent social tension that characterises political orientations in Slovenia in general. Despite the shifting public opinion towards greater tolerance, right-wing populist politicians may still target and mobilise those who remain sceptical or hostile towards immigrants.

• Language: English
• Keywords: migration, intercultural tension, social categorisation, acceptance
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: Str. 31-47
• Numbering: No. 92
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-163474
• UDC: 316.7:314.15
• ISSN on article: 0354-0286
• DOI: 10.2478/tdjes-2024-0002
• COBISS.SI-ID: 200252419
• Publication date in RUL: 07.10.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Razprave in gradivo : revija za narodnostna vprašanja
• Shortened title: Razpr. gradivo - Inšt. nar. vpraš.
• Publisher: Inštitut za narodnostna vprašanja, = Institute for Ethnic Studies
• ISSN: 0354-0286
• COBISS.SI-ID: 23045378

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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Medkulturni odnosi in odnos do priseljencev

Abstract

Prispevek analizira javno mnenje o priseljencih v Sloveniji, zlasti z vidika odprtosti in sprejemanja. Avtorji na začetku predstavijo nekaj ključnih teoretičnih izhodišč, nato pa raziskovalno tematiko proučijo še s časovnega vidika na podlagi izbranih empiričnih podatkov iz Evropske družboslovne raziskave. Slednja kaže, da anketiranci v Sloveniji v zadnjih letih postajajo bolj odprti do priseljencev, hkrati pa se pojavljajo napetosti med tistimi, ki so bolj odprti do priseljevanja, in tistimi, ki priseljevanju nasprotujejo. Ločnica med podporniki in nasprotniki priseljevanja je ena od oblik stalnih družbenih napetosti, ki so na splošno značilne za politične usmeritve v Sloveniji. Kljub nagibanju javnega mnenja k večji strpnosti lahko namreč populistični politiki z desnega pola še vedno najdejo somišljenike in podpornike med tistimi deli prebivalstva, ki do priseljencev ostajajo skeptični ali sovražni.

• Keywords: migracije, medkulturne napetosti, družbena katalogizacija, sprejemanje