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Book SynopsisMathew Creighton develops a new model for understanding xenophobia by shining a light on the layers of intolerance concealed beneath the surface.
Trade ReviewMathew Creighton has written a wonderful and potent book on the ways in which xenophobia and stigmatization pervade modern societies. He carefully unpacks how context-specific factors shape the ways xenophobia is covertly or overtly expressed and sanctioned by political elites and institutions. Anyone interested in the persistence of the marginalization of minority groups must read this book. -- Amaney A. Jamal, author of
Of Empires and Citizens: Pro-American Democracy or No Democracy at All?Hidden Hate is an outstanding book on contemporary xenophobia and xenophobes. It shows that xenophobe beliefs are strategic: they can be hidden or out in the open, and they depend on the context. This book is unmatched in its deep sociological thinking about xenophobia, and it deserves serious attention from social scientists, policy makers, and many others. -- Katharine M. Donato, coauthor of
Gender and International Migration: From the Slavery Era to the Global AgeThis brilliant book discusses the challenges of measuring xenophobia in contemporary Western societies. While the open expression of xenophobic feelings and attitudes is generally frowned upon in liberal societies, this does not mean that xenophobia has vanished. In many cases it has just become more difficult to observe directly. Creighton presents innovative, methodologically rigorous ways to measure xenophobia and discusses the importance of social context for its overt and covert expression. A must-read for any student of attitudes toward minorities. -- Zan Strabac, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Mathew Creighton's innovative analysis of the xenophobe and xenophobia is both theoretically and empirically rich. He skillfully investigates anti-immigrant attitudes in Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States, parsing their overt and covert dimensions. This is sociology at its finest. -- Edward Telles, coauthor of
The Trump Paradox: Migration, Trade, and Racial Politics in US-Mexico IntegrationTable of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. A Practical and Theoretical Perspective on Xenophobic Expression1. Who Is the Xenophobe?
2. The Stigma of Intolerance
Part II. Economic Populism and the Politics of Xenophobic Expression3. If There Are No Dogs, Why Whistle? Intolerance and the Xenophobic Seeds of Populism
4. Referenda and Borders: Brexit and the Role of the Xenophobe in the Division of Europe
Part III. Race, Religion, and Refugees: The Expression of Targeted Intolerance5. Color-Blind or Intentionally Looking Away?
6. Behind a Veil of Intolerance: Islamophobia and Overt Xenophobic Expression
7. People, Immigrants, and Refugees
Conclusion. Multiple Layers, Legal Remedies, Anonymous Acts
Appendix 1. Chapter 3 Survey Experiment: The United States Before and After the Financial Crisis
Appendix 2. Chapters 4 and 6 Survey Experiments: The United Kingdom Before and After the Brexit Referendum
Appendix 3. Chapter 5 Survey Experiments: Race and Ethnicity in Ireland and the Netherlands
Appendix 4. Chapter 6 Survey Experiments: Muslim Migrants in the United States, Ireland, and the Netherlands
Appendix 5. Chapter 7 Survey Experiment: People, Immigrants, and Refugees in Norway
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