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Ethnic inter-mingling has been related to
class-based inequalities and is significant
to the differences among socio-economic
status, income, and education attainment
in Croatia. This research attempts to show
how class-based hierarches negatively
effect perceptions of discrimination in
Croatia
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
• Analyze and validate survey 18 items created
based on information regarding discrimination.
• Assess the effects of income, educational level,
and socio-economic characteristics on
participant’s perceptions of discrimination.
Income x Discrimination
Socioeconomic status x Discrimination
Education Background x Discrimination
Methodological Overview
None of the research questions regarding
the relationship between demographic
variables (e.g., class-based hierarchies,
socioeconomic stratification, and
education level attainment) and
perceptions of discrimination were
significant.
Results Further Research
According these above tables, Social
Conflict Theory does explain the negative
perceptions of discrimination in Croatia.
None of the research questions regarding
the relationship between demographic
variables (e.g., class-based hierarchies,
socioeconomic stratification, and
education level attainment) and
perceptions of discrimination were
significant. According to this, Social
Conflict theory did not explain negative
perceptions of discrimination in Croatia.
The complexity of this research project is
more applicable to western countries
than Eastern European countries.
• Consider sampling among more diverse
population.
• Consider using theoretical models and
instruments adapted to the cultural
characteristics of the Balkans/Eastern
Europe.
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Do these class-based hierarchies affect
self-perceptions of discrimination in
Croatia? Recent theories have suggest
that cultural wars in former Yugoslav were
to become a force for un-mixing people
who had coexistence, and those political
ideologies around the time of the free
election in 1990 (Hayden, 1996) shaped
social hierarchies that attributed to class-
based inequalities (Hayden, 1996). For
example, the former Yugoslav has seen a
resurgence of ethnic prejudice and ethnic
conflict throughout Croatia, (Kunovich
and Hodson, 2002; Rivera, 2008) there is a
"politics for everyday life in Croatia at
both national and local levels" (Rieff,
1994; Kuinovich and Hodson; Nastav and
Bojnec, 2007).
Byron D. Hill, DePaul University
Dr. Fabrcio Balcazar, PhD., University of Illinois Chicago
And Self-Perceptions of Discrimination in Croatia
Class-Inequalities
253 participants from the University of Zagreb
responded about their experiences of
discrimination
• Online Survey
• Paper Based Survey
• Snowball Strategy
Socioeconomic
Education
Income
Limitations
The sample of university students was too
homogeneous and therefore did not have
enough variation to support the analyses
It is possible that the discrimination instrument
needed more cultural adaptation since it was
originally based on racial differences that were
not present in this sample.