American Attitudes toward Immigrants and Immigration Policy:
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1. Verfasser: Sobczak, Michael (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: El Paso LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC 2010
Schriftenreihe:New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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Beschreibung: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.
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
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-219) and index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (239 pages)
ISBN:1593326432
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