“They Steal Our Jobs”: An analysis of Group Threat Theory toward immigrants. A case study of South Africa and the European Refugee Crisis
Researcher: Yasmin Sizwe, University of the Witwatersrand, JohannesburgSupervisors: Professor Rod Alence, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg This research will be testing the theory of group threat which hypothesizes that economic conditions and immigrant populations are the main influences of negative perceptions towards immigrants in host countries. This