Jews, Turks, and Other Strangers: The Roots of Prejudice in Modern Germany
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Scholarly, objective, insightful, and analytical, Jews, Turks, and Other Strangers studies the causes of prejudice against Jews, foreign workers, refugees, and emigrant Germans in contemporary Germany. Using survey material and quantitative analyses, Legge convincingly challenges the notion that German xenophobia is rooted in economic causes. Instead, he sees a more complex foundation for German prejudice, particularly in a reunified Germany where perceptions of the "other" sometimes vary widely between east and west, a product of a traditional racism rooted in the German past. By clarifying the foundations of xenophobia in a new German state, Legge offers a clear and disturbing picture of a conflicted country and a prejudice that not only affects Jews but also fuels a larger, anti-foreign sentiment.
Figures and TablesPrefaceIntroduction31The German Economy, "Foreigners," and Jews142Reunification with East Germany and the Refugee Problem323The Question of Economic Threat and Anti-Foreign Sentiment: The Early Years of Unification564More Recent Evidence of Anti-Foreign Sentiment: The 1996 ALLBUS General Social Survey795An Economic Theory of Antisemitism? Exploring Attitudes in the New German State1146Antisemitism in Germany at the Millennium1317The Economy, Minorities, and the German Future156Postscript: The 2002 National Election171App. ACoding and Distribution of the Exogenous Variables177App. BCodes and Distributions of Predictor Variables178App. CQuestions and Variable Coding181Notes183References189Index199
