Ethnocentrism in The Netherlands: A typological analysis
- 1 July 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Ethnic and Racial Studies
- Vol. 12 (3) , 289-308
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.1989.9993636
Abstract
In research on unfavourable attitudes towards outgroups, the related favourable attitude towards the ingroup is generally ignored. Sumner (1906) called the presence of both related attitudes ethnocentrism. Since then only a small amount of empirical research has been dedicated to this theme. Based oh survey‐data from a representative sample of Dutch citizens (N= 1,799) taken in 1985, this article concludes that ethnocentrism exists in The Netherlands. This contains unfavourable stereotypes about several outgroups as well as favourable stereotypes about the ingroup. The latter dimension also refers to nationalistic feelings. Both attitudes are highly related to each other. In this study the social and cultural pattern of ethnocentric people is shown to be of an authoritarian‐conservative nature.Keywords
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