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Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- References -- Chapter 2 Hatred of Strangers: Defining Xenophobia and Related Concepts -- Abstract -- Xenomania and Xenophilia -- Xenophobia -- Xenophobia in Relation to Nativism, Ethnocentrism, Populism, and Extreme Nationalism -- Xenophobia in Relation to Racism -- Distinct Signifiers and Outcomes of Xenophobia: Accented Language and Occupational Downgrading -- Xenophobia in Relation to Anti-semitism -- Xenophobia in Relation to Islamophobia -- Xenophobia in Relation to Colonization and Globalization -- References -- Chapter 3 The Immigrant Tides: Xenophobia in Western History Xenophobia as Neither Universal Nor Historically Invariable -- Abstract -- Historical Causes of Human Migrations -- Historic Xenophobic Treatment of Jews and Other Foreigners in Europe -- Historical Role of Xenophobia in Enslavement of People -- Xenophobic Determinants of Unfitness: Social Darwinism and Eugenics in Modern History -- Recent History of Xenophobia: Fantasizing Immigrant Threats and Fetishizing Immigrants -- Xenophobic Violence and Brutality -- References -- Chapter 4 Germs, Peacocks, and Scheming Domestics: Theories That Construct or Confront Xenophobia -- Abstract -- Constructing Xenophobia Through Biologized and Universalized Evolutionary Theories -- Constructing Xenophobia Through "Realistic" Threat Theories -- Confronting Xenophobia Through Social Group Theories -- Confronting Xenophobia Through a Theory of Ethnocentric Guilt -- Confronting Xenophobia Through Theories of Splitting and Projection -- Confronting Xenophobia in Relation to Motherland/Fatherland Discourse -- Confronting Xenophobia Through Theories the Other and Otherizing -- Confronting Xenophobia Through Theories of Social Death -- Confronting Xenophobia Through Theories of Self-Idealization and Psychophobia.

Differences in depressive symptoms and attitudes about political and social changes were examined for individuals with and without family histories of Stalinist persecution in several small villages in Russia and Ukraine. In a sample of 422 villagers, there were 37 family members of survivors of Stalinist purges. In comparison to villagers with no family history of persecution, those who had such history perceived their social life with other villagers and their life in general to be much improved in the late 1990s. They also reported much lower levels of depression than those without a history of persecution. Differences that were discovered could not be accounted for by demographic characteristics of the respondents. The results suggest that individuals with a history of family trauma related to political persecution may perceive their environment as more positive as a result of political changes and may cope with political transitions differently than persons who have no history of family persecution.

We examined the relative effects of three theories of prejudice: perceptions of threat, contact with immigrants, and a cosmopolitanism outlook, in predicting attitudes toward immigrants in Nebraska, a state experiencing a substantial rise in immigrant populations. We found perceived threat was associated with unfavorable attitudes toward immigrants while contact with immigrants and a cosmopolitan outlook were associated with favorable attitudes. Furthermore, we found that the presence of a perceived threat of immigrants is more likely to increase negative attitudes toward immigrants than does contact with immigrants or a cosmopolitan attitude in increasing positive attitudes toward immigrants. Additionally, we found the absence of perceived threat has a stronger effect on attitudes (positively) than does its presence (negatively) in the case of respondents' view that immigrants contribute to an increase in crime. The effect of the presence of contact and a cosmopolitan outlook on attitudes toward immigrants is at least as great (positively) as the effect of their absence (negatively). We discuss implications for the changing attitudes toward immigrants in the state and differences between state and national attitudes.