Jews, Turks, and other strangers : the roots of prejudice in modern Germany / Jerome S. Legge, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Legge, Jerome S.

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antisemitism--Germany.

Antisemitism.

Turks--Germany--Social conditions.

Turks.

Minorities--Germany.

Minorities.

Xenophobia--Germany.

Xenophobia.

Fascism--Germany.

Fascism.

Germany--Ethnic relations.

Germany.

Germany--Social conditions--1990-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 205 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Scholarly, objective, insightful, and analytical, Jews, Turks, and Other Strangers studies the causes of prejudice against Jews, foreign workers, refugees, and emigrant Germans in contemporary Germany. Using survey material and quantitative analyses, Legg

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Figures and Tables

Preface

Introduction

1. The German Economy, "Foreigners," and Jews

2. Reunification with East Germany and the Refugee Problem

3. The Question of Economic Threat and Anti-Foreign Sentiment: The Early Years of Unification

4. More Recent Evidence of Anti-Foreign Sentiment:The 1996 ALLBUS General Social Survey

5. An Economic Theory of Antisemitism? Exploring Attitudes in the New German State

6. Antisemitism in Germany at the Millennium

7. The Economy, Minorities, and the German Future

Postscript: The 2002 National Election

Appendix A: Coding and Distribution of the Exogenous Variables

Appendix B: Codes and Distributions of Predictor Variables

Appendix C: Questions and Variable Coding

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-197) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-26915-1

9786612269158

0-299-18403-X

OCLC:

290525708

Publisher Number:

2027/heb06629 hdl