@article {67426,
	title = {How Did the 2008 Economic Crisis Affect Social and Political Solidarity in Europe?},
	year = {2010},
	note = {WCFIA Working Paper 10-0004, January 2010},
	month = {Jan 19, 2010},
	abstract = {One possible outcome of the economic crash of 2008 was that the majority or mainstream members of a society would direct their anger and fear against the minority or marginal members of their society.\&nbsp; Commentators on television or the radio would claim, {\textquotedblleft}it{\textquoteright}s all the fault of the immigrants!{\textquotedblright} or {\textquotedblleft}if we didn{\textquoteright}t hand over so much of our tax dollars to the poor, the economy would not have deteriorated so much,{\textquotedblright} or {\textquotedblleft}social benefits to African Americans [or German Turks] have distorted the housing market.{\textquotedblright}\&nbsp; Citizens would come to believe these assertions, politicians would echo them{\textemdash}and the upshot would be not only a deteriorating national and international economy but also increased hostility and fear among racial, ethnic, or nationality groups in a country.\&nbsp; Social solidarity would decline, perhaps irrevocably.},
	author = {Hochschild, Jennifer L.}
}
