Double standards?: Attitudes towards immigrant and emigrant dual citizenship in the Netherlands

Maarten Vink; H. Schmeets; H. Mennes

doi:10.1080/01419870.2019.1567929

Double standards? Attitudes towards immigrant and emigrant dual citizenship in the Netherlands

Maarten Vink^*, H. Schmeets, H. Mennes

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Abstract

Despite increasingly liberal practices around the world, dual citizenship acceptance is still contested. Surprisingly, few studies exist on what drives public attitudes towards political membership in two or more states. Based on data from the 2012 Dutch Parliamentary Election Study (N = 1,677) we investigate the discrepancy in negative attitudes in the Netherlands towards dual citizenship of immigrants who acquire Dutch citizenship, on the one hand, and more positive attitudes towards Dutch citizens acquiring a foreign citizenship, on the other. We find that negative views of immigrant dual citizenship are associated with strong in-group identification and out-group derogation, whereas experiencing a sense of symbolic group threat is associated with negative views of both immigrant and emigrant dual citizenship.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	83-101
Number of pages	19
Journal	Ethnic and Racial Studies
Volume	42
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2019.1567929
Publication status	Published - 4 Feb 2019

Keywords

Dual citizenship
social identity
ethnocentrism
intergroup threat theory
survey research
the Netherlands
ETHNIC EXCLUSIONISM
INTERGROUP CONTACT
IDENTIFICATION
BOUNDARIES
COUNTRIES
IDENTITY
OPINION
RIGHTS
NORMS

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MiLifeStatus: Migrant Life Course and Legal Status Transition
Vink, M. (Primary Investigator), de Groot, G. (Co-Investigators), de Hoon, M. (Co-Investigators), Falcke, S. (Co-Investigators), Levels, M. (Co-Investigators), Peters, F. (Co-Investigators) & Schmeets, H. (Co-Investigators)
1/08/16 → 31/07/21
Project: Research

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