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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809151603321

Autore

Sobczak Michael <1975->

Titolo

American attitudes toward immigrants and immigration policy / / Michael Sobczak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso [Tex.], : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2010

ISBN

1-59332-643-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Collana

The new Americans : recent immigration and American society

Disciplina

325.73

Soggetti

Immigrants - United States - Public opinion

Public opinion - United States

United States Emigration and immigration Government policy Public opinion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER 1 Immigration and the American Response; CHAPTER 2 Theoretical Framework: Social Structure, Group Threat, Racism, & Self-Interest; CHAPTER 3 Conceptualization and Measurement in Prior Research; CHAPTER 4 Data and Methods; CHAPTER 5 Assessing the Direct Effects of Social Structure on Attitudes Toward Immigrants and Immigration in the United States; CHAPTER 6 Assessing the Effects of Social Psychological Factors on Attitudes Toward Immigrants and Immigration in the United States

CHAPTER 7 Assessing the Total Effects of Social Structure on Attitudes Toward Immigrants and Immigration in the United StatesCHAPTER 8 Conclusion; APPENDIX AAddressing Collinearity Issues; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Sobczak examines the impact of local structural conditions on Americans' attitudes toward immigrants and immigration policy. Results indicate social structure strongly predicts views of immigration policy, while shaping views of immigrants indirectly. Contrary to expectations, more favorable views of immigrants and immigration are elicited by residents of locales where structural conditions foster increased levels of intergroup association. Yet, the liberalizing effects of heterogeneous social structures do not extend to locales with



precarious economic conditions or heightened levels of inter