A New Social Conflict on Globalisation-Related Issues in Germany? A Longitudinal Perspective.

IF 1.1 3区社会学 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Kolner Zeitschrift Fur Soziologie Und Sozialpsychologie Pub Date : 2023-05-08 DOI:10.1007/s11577-023-00884-5

Céline Teney, Li Kathrin Rupieper

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Abstract

We draw on cleavage theory to assess the emergence of a social conflict concerning globalisation-related issues among the German population between 1989 and 2019. We argue that issue salience and opinion polarisation are key conditions for a successful and sustainable political mobilisation of citizens and thus for the emergence of a social conflict. In line with globalisation cleavage theory, we hypothesised that issue salience as well as overall and between-group opinion polarisation on globalisation-related issues have increased over time. Our study considers four globalisation-related issues: immigration, the European Union (EU), economic liberalism, and the environment. While the salience of the EU and economic liberalism issues remained low during the observed period, we found a recent increase in salience for the issues of immigration (since 2015) and the environment (since 2018). Furthermore, our results point to rather stable attitudes on globalisation-related issues among the German population: We did not find any consistent evidence of an increase in overall or between-group polarisation over time. In conclusion, the idea of an emerging conflict around globalisation-related issues among the German population finds very little empirical support.

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德国全球化相关问题上的新社会冲突？纵向透视图。

我们利用分裂理论来评估1989年至2019年间德国人口中出现的与全球化相关的社会冲突。我们认为，问题的突出性和意见的两极分化是公民成功和可持续政治动员的关键条件，因此也是社会冲突出现的关键条件。根据全球化分裂理论，我们假设，随着时间的推移，在全球化相关问题上，问题的突出性以及整体和群体之间的意见两极分化都有所增加。我们的研究考虑了四个与全球化相关的问题：移民、欧盟、经济自由主义和环境。尽管欧盟和经济自由主义问题在观察期内的突出程度仍然很低，但我们发现移民问题（自2015年以来）和环境问题（自2018年以来）的突出程度最近有所增加。此外，我们的研究结果表明，德国民众对全球化相关问题的态度相当稳定：我们没有发现任何一致的证据表明，随着时间的推移，整体或群体之间的两极分化有所加剧。总之，德国民众围绕全球化相关问题出现冲突的想法几乎没有得到实证支持。

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期刊介绍： The sociology journal Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie (KZfSS) ("Cologne Journal of Sociology and Social Psychology") was founded in 1948 by the Cologne sociologist Leopold von Wiese as the Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie. His successor, René König, broadened the journal''s scope towards social psychological topics, including cultural sociology and qualitative social research, which gave the journal its current name. KZfSS is the most important sociological publication in the German-speaking world in terms of its scope and distribution. It publishes comprehensively on German sociological research in all disciplines and regularly communicates research results from many countries around the world. KZfSS follows the model of a universal sociology journal. In addition to more than 40 double-blind peer-reviewed original research articles per year, it publishes detailed literature reviews and book reviews of German and international literature in a comprehensive review section. The journal thus provides a forum for sociological research and open discussion. Special emphasis is placed on offering young colleagues an opportunity for their first publication. The journal is included in many renowned scientific Abstracting & Indexing databases such as the Social Science Citation Index. In addition to the four annual issues, a supplement coordinated by guest editors is published annually.