03214nam 2200589Ia 450 991080915160332120200520144314.01-59332-643-2(CKB)2670000000271348(EBL)1057860(OCoLC)818818946(SSID)ssj0000757536(PQKBManifestationID)12360781(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000757536(PQKBWorkID)10758964(PQKB)10075447(MiAaPQ)EBC1057860(Au-PeEL)EBL1057860(CaPaEBR)ebr10622747(EXLCZ)99267000000027134820100405d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmerican attitudes toward immigrants and immigration policy /Michael Sobczak1st ed.El Paso [Tex.] LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC20101 online resource (239 p.)The new Americans : recent immigration and American societyDescription based upon print version of record.1-59332-386-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 StatesCHAPTER 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; INDEXSobczak 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 interNew Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)ImmigrantsUnited StatesPublic opinionPublic opinionUnited StatesUnited StatesEmigration and immigrationGovernment policyPublic opinionImmigrantsPublic opinion.Public opinion325.73Sobczak Michael1975-1666719MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809151603321American attitudes toward immigrants and immigration policy4026112UNINA