CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2025
| Author | Duni, Alex |
|---|---|
| Title | More Diverse Neighbors, More Solidarity? The Effects of Prejudice and Intergroup Contact on Deservingness and Redistribution Support |
| Summary | This thesis examines the effects of prejudice reduction and interethnic contact on attitudes towards redistribution. Whereas previous research finds that members of ethnic majorities support redistribution less in ethnically diverse contexts and they find minority members less deserving of receiving welfare benefits, this research looks at how reduction of prejudice through interethnic contact mitigates this by positively affecting deservingness evaluations and increasing support for redistribution to the marginalized parts of society. The study employs a quantitative approach on data from the United States. Large-scale survey data from the General Social Survey are combined with a survey experiment to allow for a causal claim about the effects of contact and prejudice reduction on redistribution-associated variables. The results show that contact does mitigate deservingness penalty and increases support for specific dimensions of redistribution, but the effects are mostly not significant. |
| Supervisor | Björn Bremer |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2025/duni_alex.pdf |
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