Xenophobia and right-wing-extremism in German youth groups - Some evidence against unidimensional misinterpretations

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Contributors

  • Wolfgang Frindte - , Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Author)
  • Friedrich Funke - , Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Author)
  • Sven Waldzus - (Author)

Abstract

The antecedents of violent and xenophobian orientations among young people have been extensively studied after the German reunification, producing various complementary or contradictory theoretical approaches. The present study presents statistical analyses of survey data collected from 1,177 adolescents in six German towns. These serve as the base for a bidimensional structural analysis of extreme right-wing orientation. The overlap between extreme right-wing social orientation and variables, such as gender, educational level or affinity to various youth cultures is analyzed and discussed. It is shown that there is a great danger of misinterpretation if one tries to generalize isolated results concerning xenophobian and violence-related orientations among German youths.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)463-478
Number of pages16
JournalInternational journal of intercultural relations
Volume20
Issue number3-4
Publication statusPublished - 1996
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0003-3731-9798/work/142249636