Print Email Facebook Twitter A Micro-Scale Approach to Ethnic Minority Concentration in the Residential Environment and Voting for the Radical Right in The Netherlands Title A Micro-Scale Approach to Ethnic Minority Concentration in the Residential Environment and Voting for the Radical Right in The Netherlands Author Janssen, H.J. (TU Delft OLD Urban Renewal and Housing) van Ham, M. (TU Delft OLD Urban Renewal and Housing; University of St Andrews) Kleinepier, T. (TU Delft OLD Urban Renewal and Housing) Nieuwenhuis, J.G. (TU Delft OLD Urban Renewal and Housing) Date 2019 Abstract Existing empirical research on the link between ethnic minority concentration in residential environments and voting for the radical right is inconclusive, mainly due to major differences between studies in the spatial scale at which minority concentration is measured. We examined whether the presence of non-western ethnic minorities in the residential environment, measured at four spatial scales, is related to individuals’ intention to vote for the Dutch Party for Freedom (Dutch acronym PVV). We combined individual level survey data and register data, and we used multi-level structural equation models to examine possible mediation by anti-immigrant attitudes and political dissatisfaction. The models show different effects at different scales. At the micro scale (100 by 100 meter grids) we find a curvilinear effect: individuals with 30–50 per cent non-western minorities in their direct living environment are most likely to report to vote for the PVV. At higher spatial scales (up to municipal level) we find that the higher the proportion of non-western minorities, the more likely individuals are to report to vote for the PVV. These effects can however not be explained by anti-immigrant attitudes or political dissatisfaction. We even find that at the micro scale the presence of non-western minorities is related to less anti-immigrant attitudes. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:03f6369a-2129-4dd4-bd8f-6eb58f408924 DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcz018 ISSN 0266-7215 Source European Sociological Review, 35 (4), 552-566 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2019 H.J. Janssen, M. van Ham, T. Kleinepier, J.G. Nieuwenhuis Files PDF jcz018.pdf 435.57 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:03f6369a-2129-4dd4-bd8f-6eb58f408924/datastream/OBJ/view