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The Xenophobic Danes - Myth or Reality? (Paperback)
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With Danes becoming known for their xenophobia and intolerance, a
reputation that can be traced in the media, this study tries to
make sense of the divergent attitudes by analysing media reports in
neighbouring countries and by interviewing their journalists and
politicians. This title examines sources in the media, foreign
politicians' remarks and reports from the Council of Europe and the
EU Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia, to which it adds
some comparative surveys from the social sciences. One of its major
fndings is that xenophobia is multidimensional. For instance, while
Danish people might be quite hestitant to admit immigrants to their
country, in contrast to the Germans, for example, once they have
admitted them, Danes tend to encourage the full participation of
immigrants in social and political life and don't consider
extradition an option. In this study, the author tries to make
sense of the divergent attitudes by analysing media reports in
neighbouring countries (Norway, Sweden, Germany and the UK) and by
interviewing their journalists and politicians. One source of
perpetual difference that emerges is the varying nature of
political discourse in each country. While the EUMC considers
references to problems with immigration a form of subtle racism,
the Danish love of teasing and black humour means that media and
politicians often refer to the downside of immigration, even when
they favour immigration. In contrast, the Swedish press tends to
avoid such references, and the language of their political
discourse tends to be much more formal and respectful, even when
the motivating sentiments are not. This title should interest
anyone who is caught up in the debates of ethnicity and tolerance
that animate so many first world societies in transition, whether
their interest is sociological, cultural or political.
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