This article analyses the role as scapegoat and the ‘mirroring’ function performed by immigrants in societies where levels of economic inequality are increasing, and welfare structures are being constantly contracted. The central argument of this article is that, in a situation of prolonged economic crisis, political elites can blame certain minority groups for causing difficulties that really arise from macrosocial factors

‘It’s all their Fault’. Immigrants as Scapegoats and a Mirror Revealing Social Contradictions

Sergio Cecchi
2019-01-01

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This article analyses the role as scapegoat and the ‘mirroring’ function performed by immigrants in societies where levels of economic inequality are increasing, and welfare structures are being constantly contracted. The central argument of this article is that, in a situation of prolonged economic crisis, political elites can blame certain minority groups for causing difficulties that really arise from macrosocial factors
2019
economic inequality, immigration, scapegoat
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