Post-migrant societies

Consensus and Conflict Department

Project head: Prof. Dr. Ralf Wölfer

Disputes in post-migrant society harbour potential for conflict because they touch on basic democratic principles.

The project investigated different attitudes towards the participation of minorities within the German population. For this purpose, the population was questioned on issues of minority participation (for example, recognition, deprivation, exclusion, democratic convictions, paradoxes). The survey is to be continued in the future and a core of questions is to be retained that relate to the complex of topics of anti-Muslim attitudes, plurality, democratic convictions and paradoxes. paradoxes. In addition, different thematic focuses or stratifications of respondent groups (for example, migrant samples) should be possible. Elements and findings from the survey will also be incorporated into other projects of the department.

Results: The project has led to a number of more in-depth analyses and investigations, including on the topics of "East identity" and "plurality defence". Parallels were found when comparing East Germans and Muslims. Attitudes towards the headscarf ban and the fall of the Berlin Wall were also examined. The project resulted in a number of publications (including research notes and journal articles).

Funding: Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (Institutional funding)