Piekut, A. orcid.org/0000-0002-3478-0354 and Valentine, G. (2016) Spaces of encounter and attitudes towards difference: a comparative study of two European cities. Social Science Research. ISSN 0049-089X
Abstract
Scholars have been increasingly interested in how everyday interactions in various places with people from different ethnic/religious background impact inter-group relations. Drawing on representative surveys in Leeds and Warsaw (2012), we examine whether encounters with ethnic and religious minorities in different type of space are associated with more tolerance towards them. We find that in Leeds, more favourable affective attitudes are associated with contact in institutional spaces (workplace and study places) and socialisation spaces (social clubs, voluntary groups, religious meeting places); however, in case of behavioural intentions – operationalised as willingness to be friendly to minority neighbours – only encounters in socialisation spaces play a significant role in prejudice reduction. In Warsaw, people who have contacts with ethnic and religious minorities in public (streets, park, public services and transport) and consumption spaces (cafés, pubs, restaurants) express more positive affective attitudes towards them, but only encounters in consumption space translate into willingness to be friendly to minority neighbours.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Elsevier. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Social Science Research. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
Keywords: | encounters; attitudes; ethnic diversity; Leeds; Warsaw |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EUROPEAN RESEARCH COUNCIL LIVE DIFFERENCE - 249658 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 08 Sep 2016 11:32 |
Last Modified: | 01 Sep 2017 19:46 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2016.08.005 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2016.08.005 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:104264 |
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