GREEK CYPRIOT ADOLESCENT ATTITUDES TOWARD IMMIGRANTS AND 'ENEMY-OTHERS' IN THE CONTEXT OF AN ETHNIC CONFLICT

Abstract

This paper describes and analyses the results of a survey on Greek \nCypriot students’ attitudes toward immigrants and toward those considered as the \n‘enemy-others’ (in this context, the Turks and Turkish Cypriots). This investigation \nis important because issues of immigration seem to be further complicated by the \nongoing ethnic conflict between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots in Cyprus. \nAlthough this study does not examine whether attitudes about immigration change \nas a result of ethnic conflict (or vice versa), it provides an initial mapping to \nnumerically chart the terrain of Greek Cypriot students’ tendencies toward both \nimmigrants and ‘enemy-others’. The results show that Greek Cypriot students \nmanifest generally negative attitudes toward immigrants and Turks and Turkish \nCypriots (although there is a differentiation in the perception of the latter group). \nIt is also shown that Greek Cypriot students prefer the model of separation rather \nthan that of assimilation or integration in their relations with immigrants. \nSignificant differences are identified between the perceptions of: (i) boys and \ngirls; and (ii) younger and older adolescents. The implications for intercultural \neducation both at the policy level and at the level of classroom practice are \ndiscussed. It is also suggested that the intersection of (ethnic or other) conflict and \nimmigration and how it is manifest in the context of education requires attention \nin future research.

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