Restrictionist Discourse by the Numbers
The Framing of the Demographic Impacts of Immigration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2245192 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Deenesh Sohoni (College of William and Mary, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 476-496 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Problems (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7791 • E-ISSN: 1533-8533 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/socpro/spx027 |
| OpenAlex | W2755773177 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 20 |
This article examines the attempts by restrictionist groups to use the Internet to construct demographic arguments and legitimize immigration as a social problem. I argue that demographic arguments serve two key and related functions for groups seeking more restrictive immigration policies: one, to legitimize their claims as scientific and objective; and two, to counter claims that their positions are nativist or racially based. My analyses suggest that while the numbers presented by these groups to construct immigration as a “demographic threat” appear objective, that these numbers are frequently biased and reliant on conceptions of “American” identity as white and Anglo-Saxon. I also argue that the ability of these groups to link to and cite one another on the Internet represents an important strategy in reinforcing and bolstering the legitimacy of their claims.
Construct (python library) · Demographic economics · Economics · Framing (construction) · Geography · Immigration · Immigration policy · Legitimacy · Political economy · Political science · Positive economics · Sociology · The Internet · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2023 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |