ISBN:
9780415519083
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (403 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Routledge Research in Comparative Politics
Series Statement:
Routledge Research in Comparative Politics Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Immigration and Public Opinion in Liberal Democracies
DDC:
304.8
Keywords:
Emigration and immigration ; Political aspects
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Emigration and immigration ; Public opinion
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Europe ; Emigration and immigration ; Political aspects
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Europe ; Emigration and immigration ; Public opinion
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United States ; Emigration and immigration ; Political aspects
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United States ; Emigration and immigration ; Public opinion
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Although ambivalence characterizes the stance of scholars toward the desirability of close opinion-policy linkages in general, it is especially evident with regard to immigration. The controversy and disagreement about whether public opinion should drive immigration policy are among the factors making immigration one of the most difficult political debates across the West. Leading international experts and aspiring researchers from the fields of political science and sociology use a range of case studies from North America, Europe and Australia to guide the reader through the complexities of t
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Immigration and Public Opinion in Liberal Democracies; Copyright; Contents; Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Immigration and Public Opinion; Part I Demography and Public Opinion; 1 Resistance to Immigrants and Asylum Seekers in the European Union: Cross-National Comparisons of Public Opinion; 2 Cross-National and Cross-Time Views of Immigration: A Review of Existing Findings and New Evidence from International Social Survey Programme Data; 3 The Paradox of Immigration Attitudes in Luxembourg: A Pan-European Comparison
Description / Table of Contents:
4 The Structure of Self-Interest(s): Applying Comparative Theory to U.S. Immigration AttitudesPart II Economics; 5 Individual Attitudes towards Immigration: Economic vs. Non-economic Determinants; 6 Voter Attitudes towards Highand Low-Skilled Immigrants: Evidence from a Survey Experiment; Part III Framing and Institutional Effects; 7 Amnesty, Guest Workers, Fences! Oh My!: Public Opinion about "Comprehensive Immigration Reform"; 8 Threat and Immigration Attitudes in Liberal Democracies: The Role of Framing in Structuring Public Opinion; 9 Media Effects and Immigration Policy in Australia
Description / Table of Contents:
10 Party Politics and Public Opinion on Immigration and Antidiscrimination Policy11 Who's Afraid of Immigration?: The Effects of Proand Anti-Immigrant Threatening Ads among Latinos, African Americans, and Whites; Part IV Diversity and Opinion; 12 Native-Born and Foreign-Born Attitudes towards Receptivity and Conformity: The Dynamics of Opinion Change in Canada; 13 Immigration Reforms from the Perspective of the Target of the Reform: Immigrant Generation and Latino Policy Preferences on Immigration Reform; Editor Biographies; Contributor Biographies; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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