Germans or Foreigners? Attitudes Toward Ethnic Minorities in Post-Reunification Germany

STEFAN BENDER Institut fur Arbeitsmarkt, Nurnberg, GermanyWERNER BERGMAN Center for Anti-Semitism Research, Technical University, Berlin, GermanyFERDINAND BOLTKEN German Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning, Berlin, GermanyRAINER ERB Center for Anti-Semitism Research, Technical University, Berlin, GermanyARIBERT HAYDER Zentrum für Umfragen, Methoden und Analysen (ZUMA), Mannheim, GermanyJURGEN H.P. HOFFMEYER-ZLOTNIK Zentrum für Umfragen, Methoden und Analysen (ZUMA), Mannheim, GermanyMICHELLE JOHNSON State University of New York, Albany, USAACHIM KOCH Zentrum für Umfragen, Methoden und Analysen (ZUMA), Mannheim, GermanySTEFFEN KUHNEL Giessen University, GermanyRAINER MUNZ (Humboldt University)ULRICH ROSAR Cologne University, GermanyWOLFGANG SEIFERT (Landesregierung Nordrhein-Westfalen)MICHAEL TERWAY Cologne University, GermanyRALF ULRICH University of Bamberg, Germany

• Introduction; R.Alba The Ethnic and Demographic Structure of Foreigners and Immigrants in Germany; R.Munz & R.Ulrich On the Economic and Social Situations of Immigrants Living in Germany; S.Bender & W.Seifert Ethnocentrism in Germany: Worldview Connections and Social Contexts; M.Terwey The Others and We: Relationships between Germans and Non-Germans from the Point of View of Foreigners Living in Germany; S.Kuhnel & J.Leibold Measuring Contemporary Prejudice Towards Immigrants in Germany; R.Alba & M.Johnson Anti-Semitism in the Late 1990's; W.Bergmann & R.Erb Foreigners as Second Class Citizens?: Attitudes Toward Equal Civil Rights for Non-Germans; M.Wasmer & A.Koch Authoritarianism and Ethnocentrism in East and West Germany: Does the System Matter?; P.Schmidt & A.Heyder Ethnocentrism and Support for Extreme-Right Parties, 1980-1996; U.Rosar Social Distance and Physical Proximity: Day-to-Day Attitudes and Experience of Foreigners and Germans Living in the Same Residential Areas; F.Boltken Regional Influences on Attitudes Towards Foreigners; J.H.P.Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik

"Alba, Schmidt and Wasmer have assembled an impressive group ofwell-informed authors whose contributions provide much-needed insightand clarification about the situation in which ethnic minorities findthemselves in post-reunification Germany. Combining statistical evidencewith in-depth qualitative analysis, this volume is an excellent exampleof how scholarship can be relevant and readable at the same time. Thisbook is essential reading for academics and students interested incontemporary Germany and its minorities."- Stefan Wolff, University of BathIn this carefully researched and balanced analysis, Richard Alba and his German colleagues present powerful evidence concerning so many of the key issues in the debate about Germany's current attitudes towards diversity. Various chapters provide insight and analysis ofethnocentrism, civil rights, anti-semitism, authoritarianism, the Far Right, and the legacy of regional divisions. This is a fascinating and authoritative study for anyone wishing to understand the complexity of contemporary Germany and the ethnic dynamics of the new Europe. - John Stone, Boston UniversityFocussing on immigration demographics and the social and psychological determinants of mass-level German xenophobia, this edited volume gives English-speaking readers unparalleled access to the work of Germany's top scholars of ethnic attitudes. Especially path-breaking are the authors' application of "symbolic racism" theory in the German context and their findings that current German anti-Semitism is linked to anti-Muslim sentiment and that Germany's proportion of immigrants is higher than even the United States'. This book is mandatory reading for all students of contemporary German public opinion, immigration politics, and ethnic relations.- Joel S. FetzerAssistant Professor of Political Science, Pepperdine University, and author, Public Attitudes toward Immigration in the United States, France, and Germany