@article{ref1,
title="Ethnic Prejudice and Discrimination in Europe",
journal="Journal of Social Issues",
year="2008",
author="Zick, Andreas and Pettigrew, Thomas F. and Wagner, Ulrich",
volume="64",
number="2",
pages="233-251",
abstract="This article provides an introduction to research on European prejudice and discrimination. First, we list the distinctive characteristics of a European perspective and provide a short sketch of European immigration and ethnic groups. Europe has become a multicultural community. Nevertheless, public opinion and the continent's politics often do not reflect this empirical fact. Prejudice and discrimination directed at immigrants are a widespread phenomena across Europe. Several cross-European surveys support this conclusion, although theoretically driven surveys on prejudice and discrimination in Europe remain rare. Cross-European research studies classical and modern theories of prejudice and discrimination and attempts to uncover the psychological mechanisms that explain individual readiness to exclude ethnic groups. A brief sketch of recent European research is presented. This issue offers both important cross-national perspectives as well as needed comparisons with the more studied case of racial prejudice and discrimination in the United States.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0022-4537",
doi="10.1111/j.1540-4560.2008.00559.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4560.2008.00559.x"
}