CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Hayes, Lukács Dániel |
|---|---|
| Title | How the Hungarian Government's Anti-Migration Campaign Affected Attitudes Towards the Roma Minority? |
| Summary | This study looks at the effects of the Hungarian government’s anti-migration campaign, which started in relation to the 2015 Refugee Crisis but continued throughout recent years. Several previous studies have found that as a result of the extensive campaign of the government, attitudes towards immigrants (from outside Europe) became significantly more negative in Hungary. The study tries to identify spillovers in attitudes between attitudes towards immigrants and attitudes towards the Roma minority. The study utilizes both quantitative and qualitative methods of empirical inquiry. Changes in views in terms of subgroups of immigrants and the Roma between 2011 and 2020 are uncovered through using the Bogardus scale that measures the social distance between the majority and minorities, respectively. Additionally, multivariate linear regression models are constructed to determine what socio-political factors explain negative attitudes towards these outgroups in 2011 and in 2020. The study provides micro-level mechanisms to explain changes seen on the macro-level through a focus group inquiry conducted in three different locations in Hungary. The results indicate that there was a negative correlational spillover in attitudes caused by the government’s campaign, suggesting that the sudden growth in negative attitudes towards immigrants had the effect of lowering negative attitudes towards the Roma. This is consistent with findings from previous studies on spillovers in attitudes and meaningfully furthers our knowledge in this understudied area of social sciences. |
| Supervisor | Sata, Róbert |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/hayes_lukacs.pdf |
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