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The Endorsement of Minority Rights: The Role of Group Position, National Context, and Ideological Beliefs
Author(s) -
Verkuyten Maykel,
Yildiz Ali Aslan
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
political psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.419
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-9221
pISSN - 0162-895X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2006.00525.x
Subject(s) - turkish , context (archaeology) , minority group , minority rights , social psychology , diversity (politics) , political science , ingroups and outgroups , ideology , state (computer science) , psychology , gender studies , sociology , ethnic group , human rights , law , politics , geography , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology , algorithm , computer science
The present research was conducted in the Netherlands and used an experimental design to examine the endorsement of minority rights among Turkish and Kurdish participants in two framed, national contexts: the Netherlands and Turkey. In the Dutch context, each group is a minority, whereas in the Turkish context the Kurds are an oppressed national minority and the Turks are the national majority. The results showed that the Turks were less in favor of minority rights in the Turkish context than in the Dutch context, whereas the Kurds were more in favor of minority rights in the Turkish than in the Dutch context. In addition, the endorsement of minority rights was related to beliefs about majority rule, state unity, and ingroup identification, as well as to cultural diversity and perceived pervasive discrimination. The associations with the former three measures differed between the two groups and the two national contexts, whereas the latter two measures had main effects on the endorsement of minority rights.