LEADER 03302nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910963708003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9781593326432 010 $a1593326432 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(Au-PeEL)EBL1057860 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10622747 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1057860 035 $a(Perlego)2028082 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 /$fMichael Sobczak 205 $a1st ed. 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 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781593323868 311 08$a1593323867 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 615 0$aImmigrants$xPublic opinion. 615 0$aPublic opinion 676 $a325.73 700 $aSobczak$b Michael$f1975-$01805218 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910963708003321 996 $aAmerican attitudes toward immigrants and immigration policy$94353676 997 $aUNINA