LEADER 03250nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910462264403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-59332-643-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000271348 035 $a(EBL)1057860 035 $a(OCoLC)818818946 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000757536 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12360781 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000757536 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10758964 035 $a(PQKB)10075447 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1057860 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1057860 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10622747 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000271348 100 $a20100405d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerican attitudes toward immigrants and immigration policy$b[electronic resource] /$fMichael Sobczak 210 $aEl Paso [Tex.] $cLFB Scholarly Pub. LLC$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (239 p.) 225 1 $aThe new Americans : recent immigration and American society 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59332-386-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; 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 327 $aCHAPTER 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 330 $aSobczak examines the impact of local structural conditions on Americans' attitudes toward immigrants and immigration policy. Results indicate social structure strongly predicts views of immigration policy, while shaping views of immigrants indirectly. Contrary to expectations, more favorable views of immigrants and immigration are elicited by residents of locales where structural conditions foster increased levels of intergroup association. Yet, the liberalizing effects of heterogeneous social structures do not extend to locales with precarious economic conditions or heightened levels of inter 410 0$aNew Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) 606 $aImmigrants$zUnited States$xPublic opinion 606 $aPublic opinion$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xEmigration and immigration$xGovernment policy$xPublic opinion 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aImmigrants$xPublic opinion. 615 0$aPublic opinion 676 $a325.73 700 $aSobczak$b Michael$f1975-$0988175 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462264403321 996 $aAmerican attitudes toward immigrants and immigration policy$92259723 997 $aUNINA