Intolerance in Western Europe: Analysis of Trends and Associated Factors

HOW HAVE LEVELS OF INTOLERANCE CHANGED IN WESTERN EUROPE? TRENDS IN EXPRESSED INTOLERANCE HAVE VARIED BY COUNTRY Variations from 1990 to 2008 EXPRESSED INTOLERANCE TOWARDS DIFFERENT GROUPS VARIES WIDELY (2008 DATA) Changes in the maps indicate percentage ROMA point changes Oldest data from 1999 70 Increase more than five GROUPS "INTOLERANCE TOWARDS Intolerant views 0-5 increase ROMA HAS GROWN MORE have not converged % of respondents 0-5 decrease MUSLIMS THAN TOWARDS ANY OTHER 60 who said they across Western MINORITY GROUP" Decrease more thon five don't want a European countries. DIFFERENT RACE member of a Instead countries IMMIGRANTS given minority as a neighbour 50 have, if anything, JEWS grown further MUSLIMS ROMA apart in their 40 attitudes towards Increase more than five different groups. 0-5 increose 30 0-5 decreose O Decreose more thon five 20 DIFFERENT RACE 10 Increose more thon five 0-5 increase AUSTRIA BELGIUM DENMARK FINLAND FRANCE GERMANY IRELAND ITALY NETHERLANDS PORTUGAL SPAIN SWEDEN UK 0-5 decrease O Docrease more than five STRONG EVIDENCE FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH INTOLERANCE CITIZENSHIP REGIME EDUCATION MACROECONOMIC OUT-GROUP PROSPERITY IMMIGRANTS AGE PERCEPTION OF POLITICAL PERCEPTION OF ECONOMIC THREAT ETHNIC THREAT SIZE OF WELFARE STATE SOCIAL TRUST SOCI0-ECONOMIC STATUS CONTACT ORIENTATION Increose more than five GENERALLY STRONG EVIDENCE, SOME CONTRADICTORY FINDINGS MIXED, INCONCLUSIVE OR NO EVIDENCE 0-5 increase INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYMENT STATUS PERSONAL INCOME GDP GROWTH OUT-GROUP SIZE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 0-5 decrease O Decrease more than five POLICY IMPLICATIONS ) INTERGROUP CONTACT JEWS FINANCIAL CRISIS PUBLIC YOUNG BUILDING ROMA ATTITUDES PEOPLE EVIDENCE Increose more thon five In some Western European countries, the public express The tendency to emphasise the Young people are broadly the A perception of equal group status tends to generate more positive attitudes between groups. When Policymakers may find it Roma face the highest levels of 0-5 increase financial crisis as a driver of most tolerant, but may also be difficult to base decisions on intolerance across all Western 0-5 decrease greater acceptance of evidence as there are few increasing intolerance requires more careful consideration: an analysis of the most prone to adopting European countries and may benefit significantly from policy immigration. Measures to evaluations of policy O Decrease more than five radical views. Interventions members of different groups are involved data from 2004 to 2012 shows a decline in the perception of immigration as combat intolerance and could aim to build on the in doing something collaborative, the interventions in the field of interventions aimed at reducing support integration of minority groups may receive tolerance of youth and seek results of that contact are usually migration, integration and intolerance. Data from the RAND Europe report "Intolerance in Western Europe: Analysis of trends and associated factors", available at www.randeurope.org/intolerance one of the most pressing policy beneficial. The outcomes of contact tend to be better when supported by to ensure it is retained into anti-discrimination. more support than expected. problems, even in the years since the later life. RAND EUROPE onset of the financial crisis. law, custom or social institution. Supported by the Open Society Foundations PRODUCED BY TACTICAL STUDIOS AT TACTICAL TECH 0000