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Positive contact or “white flight”?: why whites in diverse places are more...
New research by Eric Kaufmann finds that local diversity does lead to more tolerant white attitudes and this is not the result of ‘white flight’. The results suggest that, as more locales become...
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Partition: It’s time to recognise reality in Syria
The creation of an Alawi-minority coastal canton is a sine qua non for cutting the Gordian knot that is the Syrian conflict, argues Eric Kaufmann. Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama emerged from talks...
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It’s NOT the economy, stupid: Brexit as a story of personal values
The story of the referendum is usually told through geography: areas that had been left behind by globalisation voted to Leave. But this tells us only so much, writes Eric Kaufmann. Knowing where Leave...
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Hard Brexit? Only if it’s free
Lowering immigration was the key motivation behind the Brexit vote, and how to achieve it dominates the current political debate. Drawing on new data, Eric Kaufmann analyses the propsects of support...
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Assimilation and the immigration debate: shifting people’s attitudes
Immigration has proven one of the hardest issues for Britain’s main parties to address, and UKIP has been the beneficiary. But, according to Eric Kaufmann‘s YouGov/Birkbeck/Policy Exchange survey data,...
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Interview with Eric Kaufmann: cultural values and the rise of right-wing...
As Donald Trump forms one outrageous policy after another, and as the UK government remains unclear as to what future it is pursuing for the country post-Brexit, Eric Kaufmann discusses the factors...
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UK voters, including Leavers, care more about reducing non-EU than EU migration
Despite the argument that Brexit was about sovereignty and only secondarily about immigration, new data suggest otherwise. Simon Hix, Eric Kaufmann, and Thomas J. Leeper show the importance of reducing...
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Is tribalism racist? Antiracism norms and immigration
Are ethnically-motivated restrictions on immigration racist? Eric Kaufmann draws on new data from an 18-country survey to explain how people answered this question and how their answer affects their...
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Why culture is more important than skills: understanding British public...
Opposition to immigration is largely cultural and psychological, and policy will have to address this, writes Eric Kaufmann. He provides recent survey evidence that backs his argument, and explains why...
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Rising ethnic diversity in the West may fuel a (temporary) populist right...
When people’s neighbourhoods or wider social contexts change in visible ways, as with increasing ethnic diversity, it can be disconcerting for established residents, and trigger perceptions of...
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