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Title of Journal: Mind Soc
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Abbravation: Mind & Society
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Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Authors: Guido Ortona
Publish Date: 2016/06/07
Volume: 16, Issue: 1-2, Pages: 37-49
Abstract
A definition of xenophobia is provided It is argued that basic economics may produce a general theory of it and that a basic tenet of behavioural economics ie risk aversion may explain an important class of specific cases of xenophobia A typical persona oeconomica is riskaverse hence s/he will fear the changes in social norms that an influx of alien people will induce Social norms are ubiquitous yet their relevance and the matters they refer to may be very different hence a general theory of xenophobia may explain specific cases only to a limited degree Another possible explanation based on evolutionary biology is rejected on empirical bases
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