The “racist cop” stereotype is one of the most prominent social representations of law enforcement in the United States. Drawing on theories of stereotype threat and stigma, this article suggests
Jul 2024
Ethnic hierarchies versus civic values in a community of descent: Evidence from an interactive survey experiment in Germany
This article examines whether German respondents in an interactive vignette experiment prefer immigrants who are ethno-racially more proximate to the majority population versus whether immigrants find acceptance in German society
Jun 2024
The geography of Hispanic political behavior in Texas, 2012–2022
We make use of multiple data sources to examine whether there has been geographical polarization in the political behavior of Texas Hispanics from 2012 to 2022. It is widely known
Aug 2022
The Exclusion of Immigrants from Welfare Programs: Cross-National Analysis and Contemporary Developments
In light of the increase in cross-border mobility and the recent political climate surrounding immigration-related issues, understanding the politics and policies of immigrants’ access to welfare programs is more relevant
Apr 2022
Authoritarianism, economic threat, and the limits of multiculturalism in post-migration crisis Germany
The purpose of this article is to investigate the associations between submissive authoritarianism, multiculturalism, and perceived economic threat. More specifically, it explores whether the effects of multiculturalism on authoritarianism are
Mar 2021
‘Walk a mile in my shoes!’ Ethno-cultural Empathy, Welfare Chauvinism and the Limits of Community in Post-migration Crisis Germany
A rich literature has emerged over the last three decades examining citizen’s varied willingness in industrialized democracies to fund the welfare state in the face of increasing immigration-induced diversity. Initially
Mar 2021
Protesters and Bystanders: Ethnic Minorities in the Pro-Democracy Revolution
The day after the coup on February 1, 2021, civil servants across Myanmar launched a national Civil Disobedience Movement, consisting of multi-sector labor strikes targeting the Myanmar state’s apparatuses. By
Apr 2020
Coveting Uniformity in a Diverse World: The Authoritarian Roots of Welfare Chauvinism in Postmigration Crisis Germany
To explore the links between authoritarian personality traits and welfare chauvinism by controlling for a host of alternative explanations while also investigating whether these links are additive or interacting with
Mar 2020
Ethnic Parties in New Democracies: The Case of Myanmar 2015
When are ethnic political parties successful in new democracies? We answer this question in the context of Myanmar’s 2015 legislative election. This historic election marked the re-introduction of democracy to
Feb 2016
Polls and Elections: There Is Nothing Wrong with Kansas: The Effect of Race and Economics on Voting Correctly in U.S. Presidential Elections
Are poor whites less likely to vote correctly when they vote for Republican presidential candidates? The rationality of poor white voters is perennially debated in American politics. To date, scholars
