Tanskalaistutkimus etnisen diversiteetin ja sosiaalisen luottamuksen suhteesta

[Miniluv]

Does ethnic diversity erode social trust? Continued immigration and corresponding growing ethnic diversity have prompted this essential question for modern societies, but few clear answers have been reached in the sprawling literature. Taking this as point of departure, this article reviews the existing literature on the relationship between ethnic diversity and social trust through a narrative review and a meta-analysis of 1,001 estimates from 87 studies. The review clarifies the core concepts, highlights pertinent debates, and tests core claims from the literature on the relationship between ethnic diversity and social trust. Several results stand out from the meta-analysis. We find a statistically significant negative relationship between ethnic diversity and social trust across all studies. The relationship is stronger for trust in neighbors, and when studied in more local contexts. Covariate conditioning generally changes the relationship only slightly. The review concludes by discussing avenues for future research.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335924797_Ethnic_Diversity_and_Social_Trust_A_Narrative_and_Meta-Analytical_Review

[Marcus Porcius Cato]

Suorittamamme meta-analyysin perusteella olemme päätyneet johtopäätökseen, että vesi on märkää.

[duc]

Koska liian moni uskoo "kuivaan veteen", näitä tutkimuksia ja niiden kansankielisiä popularisointeja tarvitaan. Jos jokainen uskoisi ", että vesi on märkää" ja toimisi uskonsa mukaan, olisi mm. minun työni tarpeetonta ja voisin tehdä yhteiskunnallisesti hyödyllisempää hommaa enemmän.

Katsoin, miten etninen monimuotoisuus on määritelty tutkimuksessa. Sivulla 2 todetaan:

This line of work essentially uses ethnic diversity as an umbrella term connoting different aspects of the ethnic composition of a given setting,  including ethnic diversity (fractionalization) per se, but also concentration or polarization of ethnic groups. - -

Also pertaining to the conceptualization of ethnic diversity is the fundamental question of what constitutes ethnicity. We approach this pragmatically by employing a relatively broad definition in line with common usage in the literature. More specifically, following [Max] Weber, we define '"ethnic groups" as those human groups that entertain a subjective belief in their common descent' (Weber 1987 [1922]: 389), which may also entail a shared language, religion, nationality, and phenotype. Accordingly, our definition of ethnic diversity refers to ethnic, linguistic, religious, national, and phenotypic diversity.

Dinesen, Peter & Schaeffer, Merlin & Sønderskov, Kim. (2019). Ethnic Diversity and Social Trust: A Narrative and Meta-Analytical

Tästä määrittelystä päästään helposti taas hedelmättömään rotu- ja kulttuurivääntöön, jos ei tutkita jokaisen meta-analysoidun aineiston omaa määrittelyä erikseen. Tutkijat eivät siis priorisoi genotyyppiä fenotyyppiin nähden tai toisinpäin.