MEASURING THE RISK OF IMMIGRATION RELATED CONFLICTS

• Authors: Maasing Helina , Nahkur Oliver , Roots Ave , Ainsaar Mare
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In order to systematically monitor immigration-related conflict in society, the authors have constructed a theoretical composite conflict risk index for measuring immigration-related conflict risk at a subnational level. The index is called MICRI, short for immigration-related conflict risk index. The index offers new input to the quantitative conflict risk modelling by including subjective indicators, which usually are missing from risk indices, along with objective indicators. The reason behind that is the growing understanding between scholars that groups´ perceived grievances play an important role in whether a conflict arises or not. MICRI consists of 17 indicators, out of which thirteen (13) are subjective and four (4) are objective indicators. The data was sourced from the European Social Survey and national statistical database. The article presents the methodology and data behind the indicators, evaluates the index´s internal consistency using the quantitative regional level data of 75 Estonian municipalities. In constructing the values of MICRI, we followed four consecutive steps: (1) computing the values of the indicators for each municipality; (2) normalising; (3) weighting; and (4) aggregating of the indicators. All indicator were compiled in ten different risk dimensions – identity, distrust, value difference, perceived threat, perceived inequality, dissatisfaction, poor communication, low norm obedience, availability of resources, and regional immigration level – which formed a cumulative index value. The validity of the index was controlled with data of (75) Estonian municipalities from the period 2014 – 2018. The results of initial testing show that the internal consistency of MICRI is good; c-alpha = 0.698, which indicates a good potential for the index´s performance. The future research will focus on external validation of the index and will expand its use internationally.

Keywords

EN

CONFLICT RISK; IMMIGRATION; COMPOSITE INDEX; EUROPEAN SOCIAL SURVEY

• Publisher: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Social Sciences
• Journal: Človek a spoločnosť. Internetový časopis pre pôvodné teoretické a výskumné štúdie z oblasti spoločenských vied
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 1 - 24

Contributors

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Maasing Helina

• Institute of Social Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tartu, Estonia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5744-2465+

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Nahkur Oliver

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9934-9135

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Roots Ave

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4963-0471

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Ainsaar Mare

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9275-0997

Identifiers

DOI

10.31577/cas.2021.04.592