Anti-immigrant attitudes : the effect of grievances, personal interactions and entrenched beliefs / Daniel Stockemer and Kofi Arhin.

This book compares anti-immigrant attitudes across 8 countries on 5 continents. It develops a general framework that explores grievances, personal interactions, and entrenched beliefs that explain anti-immigrant attitudes. Using original survey research with 1,000 respondents per country, the author...

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Main Authors: Stockemer, Daniel (Author), Arhin, Kofi (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2023.
Series:SpringerBriefs in political science.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • 1 Introduction
  • References
  • 2 Anti-Immigrant Attitudes: A Policy Topic of High Salience
  • 2.1 Canada
  • 2.2 The USA
  • 2.3 Australia
  • 2.4 Germany
  • 2.5 Japan
  • 2.6 Turkey
  • 2.7 Brazil
  • 2.8 South Africa
  • References
  • 3 Theoretical Expectations: How Can We Explain Anti-Immigrant Attitudes?
  • 3.1 What Are Anti-Immigrant Attitudes?
  • 3.2 How Do Anti-Immigrant Attitudes Develop?
  • 3.3 Grievances
  • 3.3.1 The Link Between Grievances and Anti-Immigrant Attitudes
  • 3.4 Entrenched Values
  • 3.4.1 Populist Attitudes
  • 3.4.2 Social Conservativism
  • 3.4.3 Nationalism
  • 3.4.4 The Link Between Entrenched Values and Anti-Immigrant Attitudes
  • 3.5 Contact
  • 3.5.1 Neighbourhood Experience
  • 3.5.2 Personal Contact
  • 3.5.3 The Link Between Contact and Anti-Immigrant Attitudes
  • References
  • 4 Variables, Data and Methods
  • 4.1 Variables
  • 4.2 Data
  • 4.3 Statistical Procedures
  • References
  • 5 Results
  • 5.1 Univariate Statistics
  • 5.2 Multivariate Statistics
  • 5.2.1 Support for Generic Anti-Immigrant Attitudes
  • 5.2.2 Support for the National Preference in the Allocation of Jobs
  • 5.2.3 Predictors About the Influx of Immigrants from Poorer Countries
  • 5.3 Discussion
  • References
  • 6 Conclusion
  • Reference