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Fear of Foreigners: Recession and Racism in Europe
- Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Contexts
- Indiana University Press
- Volume 4, Number 2, Winter 2011
- pp. 183-190
- 10.2979/racethmulglocon.4.2.183
- Article
- Additional Information
A decade-plus-long European economic recession has fostered and hardened racist and xenophobic attitudes toward immigrants. As immigrants often occupy the very bottom of the economic ladder, their labor contribution is rarely acknowledged, and their very unpopularity is routinely exploited by politicians seeking re-election.