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This study seeks empirical justification for conceptualizing negative feelings towards the Roma as a distinct type of prejudice, as compared to common prejudice manifested in commonalities between Romaphobia, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and anti-Chinese feelings.
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We conducted secondary analyses of Hungarian national representative data collected in 2002 by the TARKI Institute (Budapest), using face-to-face interviews. Principal component analyses revealed that respondents' feelings towards all four groups were partially explained by social distance at work and antipathy in general. However, the presence of a separate component, dealing specifically with all Roma, supports a notion of Romaphobia as a qualitatively distinct construct. Romaphobia: A unique phenomenon?. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234038236_Romaphobia_A_unique_phenomenon [accessed Jul 27, 2017].
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This research acknowledged the uniqueness of anti-Roma prejudice.
Dr Vanja Ljujic
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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This page is a summary of: Romaphobia: A unique phenomenon?, Romani Studies, January 2012, Liverpool University Press,
DOI: 10.3828/rs.2012.8.
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