Attitudes towards refugees in Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia

DeCoursey, Christiva and Naimushin, Boris and Tuncay, Hidayet and Stepanova, Maria (2017) Attitudes towards refugees in Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. Asian Social Science, 13 (5). pp. 116-130. ISSN 1911-2017 (Print) ISSN 1911-2025 (Online)

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Abstract

As refugee flows have increased, western attitudes towards them have become conflicted. Attitudes towards refugees in non-western and in Muslim nations are rarely studied, though these nations accept most refugees. This study of attitudes towards refugees among tertiary students in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Lebanon, Russia and Kyrgyzstan used Appraisal and content analysis frequencies and co-frequencies. Results showed that the Lebanese realised greater affect, possibly due to their experience of refugees. More generally, nationality shaped attitudes more than religion, tertiary students favour technocratic solutions by government actors despite realistically estimating the challenge, and while students critically analyse the problems created by refugee inflows, they retain a nativist stance and seem unaware of the optics and politics of this stance.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:Attitudes towards refugees, borders, Appraisal analysis, content analysis
Subjects:Political sciences > International Relations
Sociology.Anthropology > Social sciences
ID Code:3331
Deposited By: Boris Anatolievich Naimushin
Deposited On:24 Apr 2017 13:17
Last Modified:24 Apr 2017 13:17

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