عنوان

Social Distance in Iraq and Lebanon

Number

TL49325

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Social Distance in Iraq and Lebanon

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[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Jihan A. Mohammed

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Clifford, Broman

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Michigan State University

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2017

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

36

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Committee members: Gold, Steven; Hourani, Najib; Ponce, Aaron

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-73057-9

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

M.A.

Discipline of degree

Sociology - Master of Arts

Body granting the degree

Michigan State University

Text preceding or following the note

2017

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Research has found that tensions, conflicts, and wars worsen the views groups hold towards each other and, plausibly, increase social distance (Parks 1924; Bogardus 1925; Owen et al. 1981; Siber 1997; Parrillo and Donoghue 2005; Oswald 2005; Strabac 2016). Since the twentieth century the Middle East is caught up in interlocking pattern of crises, conflicts, wars, and terrorism. Almost every country in the region have serious problems in social and political stability. The focus of this study is to investigate levels of social distance in conflict areas like Iraq and Lebanon where thousands of people have been killed and displaced because of civils wars and counter-terrorism. We use Arab Democracy Barometer Survey data, Wave II, a nationally representative data on ten Middle Eastern countries collected between 2010-2011, to investigate the determinants of social distance. We are specifically interested to see the relative importance of: practicing religious rituals i.e. praying, fasting, attending Friday prayer/Sunday service; sectarian/denominational identification; and voting behavior as determinants of social distance. Our findings indicate that Iraqis have higher levels of social distance than the Lebanese. Further, controlling for age, gender, education, and geographical area (urban vs rural) we found a positive negative association between practicing religious rituals and social distance. Finally, we found a positive negative association between in-group identification, in-group favoritism, and the outcome variable.

Sociology

Subject Term

Social sciences

Castro, Genoveva

Clifford, Broman

Subdivision

Sociology - Master of Arts

Michigan State University

Call Number

1896117973; 10272641

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[Thesis]

276903

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