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Islam and Mass Preferences Toward Foreign Direct Investment in Tunisia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2021

Amaney A. Jamal Open the ORCID record for Amaney A. Jamal [Opens in a new window]  and
Helen V. Milner
Amaney A. Jamal*
Affiliation:
Politics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
Helen V. Milner
Affiliation:
School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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*Corresponding author. Email: ajamal@princeton.edu
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Abstract

Are FDI and Islam in conflict with one another in the eyes of Tunisians?  Does support for globalization fall or increase when it embraces or challenges Islamic dress, prayer, and other practices? We examine through different experimental tests how Tunisians react to foreign direct investment when it accommodates or conflicts with Islamic norms. Using three original sources of data, including a large representative survey (N = 4,986), a conjoint survey experiment (N = 1,502), and an original survey experiment with experimental social vignettes (N = 504), we examine how threats (and non-threats) from FDI to Islamic norms affect support for FDI. We find strong support for FDI, but these levels of support are not stable. We find the support for FDI falls by almost 32% if it is seen to clash with female Islamic dress. Support is highest when it accommodates Islamic practices, especially the female hijab and lowest when it is perceived to disregard these practices.

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Tunisiaforeign direct investment (FDI)Islamwomen
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Journal of Experimental Political Science , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , Winter 2022 , pp. 314 - 325
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Experimental Research Section of the American Political Science Association

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