Interpretative repertoires of multiculturalism – Supporting and challenging hierarchical intergroup relations
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Nortio, Emma
Varjonen, Sirkku
Mähönen, Tuuli Anna
Jasinskaja-Lahti, Inga
Abstract / Description
Social psychological research on immigrant integration has predominantly examined multiculturalism from the perspective of majority members, and has seen it to be in conflict with that of minority members. In this discursive psychological study, we analyzed how members of the Finnish majority and different immigrant groups discussed managing ethnic and cultural diversity. As a result, four different interpretative repertoires of multiculturalism were identified. The first two repertoires normalize the hierarchical relations between immgrants and hosts. The other two repertoires questioned and criticized multiculturalism as an official policy or as everyday practices that highlight the importance of ethnic and cultural group memberships and that enable the discriminatory and essentializing treatment of immigrants. Our analysis showed that both minority and majority members can make sense of and orient towards multiculturalism in many different ways and that, contrary to the common assumption based on previous research, the viewpoints presented are not always clearly divided between the groups. Finally, implications of the results for multiculturalism as an ideology and as practices are discussed.
Keyword(s)
multiculturalism intergroup relations discursive psychology qualitative analysisPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2016-11-30
Journal title
Journal of Social and Political Psychology
Volume
4
Issue
2
Page numbers
623–645
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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publishedVersion
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peerReviewed
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Nortio, E., Varjonen, S., Mähönen, T. A., & Jasinskaja-Lahti, I. (2016). Interpretative repertoires of multiculturalism – Supporting and challenging hierarchical intergroup relations. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 4(2), 623–645. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v4i2.639
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Nortio, Emma
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Varjonen, Sirkku
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Mähönen, Tuuli Anna
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Jasinskaja-Lahti, Inga
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Date of first publication2016-11-30
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Abstract / DescriptionSocial psychological research on immigrant integration has predominantly examined multiculturalism from the perspective of majority members, and has seen it to be in conflict with that of minority members. In this discursive psychological study, we analyzed how members of the Finnish majority and different immigrant groups discussed managing ethnic and cultural diversity. As a result, four different interpretative repertoires of multiculturalism were identified. The first two repertoires normalize the hierarchical relations between immgrants and hosts. The other two repertoires questioned and criticized multiculturalism as an official policy or as everyday practices that highlight the importance of ethnic and cultural group memberships and that enable the discriminatory and essentializing treatment of immigrants. Our analysis showed that both minority and majority members can make sense of and orient towards multiculturalism in many different ways and that, contrary to the common assumption based on previous research, the viewpoints presented are not always clearly divided between the groups. Finally, implications of the results for multiculturalism as an ideology and as practices are discussed.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationNortio, E., Varjonen, S., Mähönen, T. A., & Jasinskaja-Lahti, I. (2016). Interpretative repertoires of multiculturalism – Supporting and challenging hierarchical intergroup relations. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 4(2), 623–645. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v4i2.639en_US
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ISSN2195-3325
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1422
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1801
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v4i2.639
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Keyword(s)multiculturalismen_US
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Keyword(s)intergroup relationsen_US
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Keyword(s)discursive psychologyen_US
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Keyword(s)qualitative analysisen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleInterpretative repertoires of multiculturalism – Supporting and challenging hierarchical intergroup relationsen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue2
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Journal titleJournal of Social and Political Psychology
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Page numbers623–645
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Volume4
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