Collins, A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9805-9091, Drinkwater, S and Jennings, C, 2023. Selectively liberal? Social change and attitudes towards homosexual relations in the UK. Rationality and Society. ISSN 1043-4631
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Abstract
This paper presents a model to identify why, for some, the expression of liberal attitudes towards the LGBT population may be strategic rather than sincere. We show that the British population displays considerably more tolerant views towards homosexuality compared to the end of the 1980s. However, there is evidence that this has slowed in recent years, especially in areas that have experienced the highest levels of immigration, particularly from countries outside Europe. We explain these changes with reference to two effects that immigration/multiculturalism may have – direct cultural and indirect political effects – the latter manifested in selective liberalisation such that for some members of the in-group adopting a liberal attitude towards a group that was once the salient out-group (in this case the LGBT population) generates greater benefits for the in-group by creating disutility for the currently salient out-group (in this case culturally conservative religious minorities and immigrants). We explore both influences using survey data and find strong evidence for the first effect and suggestive support for the second effect.
Item Type: | Journal article |
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Publication Title: | Rationality and Society |
Creators: | Collins, A., Drinkwater, S. and Jennings, C. |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Date: | 25 April 2023 |
ISSN: | 1043-4631 |
Identifiers: | Number Type 10.1177/10434631231172386 DOI 1750289 Other |
Rights: | Reuse is restricted to non-commercial and no derivative uses |
Divisions: | Schools > Nottingham Business School |
Record created by: | Laura Ward |
Date Added: | 27 Jun 2023 10:43 |
Last Modified: | 27 Jun 2023 10:43 |
URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/49290 |
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