\u2018It\u2019s all their Fault\u2019. Immigrants as Scapegoats and a Mirror Revealing Social Contradictions

Abstract

This article analyses the role as scapegoat and the \u2018mirroring\u2019 function performed by immigrants in societies where levels of economic inequality are increasing, and welfare structures are being constantly contracted. The central argument of this article is that, in a situation of prolonged economic crisis, political elites can blame certain minority groups for causing difficulties that really arise from macrosocial factor