The Croatian population has been subjected to violent ethnic conflicts during the war in the 1990s and has more recently experienced large‐scale irregular and refugee migrations, as well as a notable increase in regular labour migration. Using data from the most recent wave of the European Social Survey, we have conducted an analysis of Croatian attitudes towards immigrants. Our study found that, despite Croatia's history of ethnic conflict and ongoing changes in its migration system, the Croatian population still exhibits relatively low levels of negative attitudes towards immigrants compared to other Eastern European countries. With regards to individual determinants of attitudes, one of the biggest surprizes is that political party preferences play a minor role in explaining attitudes towards immigrants. We discuss our findings and conclude that there is an urgent need for better theoretical and empirical framework for understanding illiberal tendencies in Eastern European societies, particularly within the current context of rapidly worsening security situation in Europe.

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公众对移民的态度：克罗地亚的一个奇特案例


克罗地亚人口在 1990 年代战争期间遭受了暴力的种族冲突，最近经历了大规模的非正规和难民移民，以及正规劳动力移民的显着增加。利用最新一波欧洲社会调查的数据，我们对克罗地亚人对移民的态度进行了分析。我们的研究发现，尽管克罗地亚有种族冲突的历史并且其移民制度不断变化，但与其他东欧国家相比，克罗地亚人口对移民的负面态度仍然相对较低。关于个人态度的决定因素，最大的惊喜之一是政党偏好在解释对移民的态度方面起着次要作用。我们讨论了我们的发现并得出结论，迫切需要更好的理论和实证框架来理解东欧社会的非自由主义倾向，尤其是在当前欧洲安全局势迅速恶化的背景下。