Immigration status and adolescents’ voting intention in European countries

The importance of immigrant integration policy context

Bibliographic Data

ID11207136
AuthorsHyungryeol Kim (0000-0002-0318-0583, Seoul National University, corresponding author), Michael Seltzer (University of California, Los Angeles), Michael H Seltzer
Year2024
Volume100
Pages101980
Publication date2024-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Intercultural Relations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0147-1767 • E-ISSN: 1873-7552
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.101980
OpenAlexW4396779809
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited43

This article investigates whether policy efforts to integrate immigrants into society can have interpretive effects and motivate adolescents of immigrant origin in European countries to engage in the host country’s political system. We find that countries with more inclusive integration policies tend to have smaller gaps in voting intention between adolescents of immigrant origin and those not of immigrant origin, holding constant an array of individual and family politically relevant resources. Specifically, differences across countries in the inclusiveness of education policies appear to be a strong predictor of the magnitude of voting intention gaps between first-generation and native adolescents. In the case of second-generation vs. native gaps in voting intention, the inclusiveness of citizenship acquisition policies emerges as a key predictor. In these times of strong polarization and anti-immigration discourse across Europe, our findings are particularly relevant for policymakers and researchers in their efforts to address what might be done to help promote the long-term political integration of immigrants and their descendants

Context (archaeology · Demographic economics · Economics · Geography · Immigration · Immigration policy · Political science · Politics · Voting · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Social Psychology

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