Ethnocentrism versus group-specific stereotyping in immigration opinion
Cross-National Evidence on the Distinctiveness of Immigrant Groups
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3613136 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tobias B Konitzer, Tobias Konitzer (Stanford University, corresponding author), Sharad Iyengar (0000-0003-2406-719X, Stanford University), Shanto Iyengar, Nicholas A Valentino (0000-0001-6767-4841, University of Michigan), Stuart Soroka (0000-0001-7524-0859, University of Michigan), Raymond M Duch, Raymond Duch (0000-0002-1166-7674) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1051-1074 |
| Publication date | 2019-05-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Community (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1369183x.2018.1431109 |
| OpenAlex | W2793063247 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 50 |
While widespread resistance to immigration is well established in advanced democracies around the world, the role of group-specific stereotyping in anti-immigration sentiment has received limited attention. We derive a novel measurement model to assess stereotyping in three Anglo-Saxon democracies – the US, Canada, and the UK – of the modal outgroup in each country (Hispanics in the US and South Asians in Canada and the UK) and Middle Easterners/Muslims. We show that considerable variation exists in degree of stereotyping against the two major immigrant groups. In the US case, we additionally document over-time variation in group stereotyping. In a final step, we demonstrate a relationship between group antipathies and immigration policy views, akin to other policy domains in which public support varies by the ethnic characteristics of policy beneficiaries. To our knowledge, this study is the first to map stereotypes of Muslims in the US in a comparative setting and over time after 09/11, and amongst the first to link views on immigration policies to group-based stereotypes
Demographic economics · Economics · Ethnic group · Ethnocentrism · Immigration · Immigration policy · Ingroups and outgroups · Optimal distinctiveness theory · Outgroup · Political science · Public opinion · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
National identity and anti-immigrant sentiment
Societies’ hostility, anger and mistrust towards Migrants
Race, class, or both? Responses to candidate characteristics in Canada, the UK, and the US
National Insecurity
Americans’ Perceptions About Immigrants from Different World Regions
Neighboring Groups and Political Attacks
Prejudice specifically defined
Alike but Different
Do natives prefer white immigrants? Evidence from Japan
Intergroup Encounters in Urban Public Spaces
Does Origin Matter? Ethnic Group Position and Attitudes Toward Immigrants
Tilting at Windmills Opportunistically
Where Will the British Go? And Why
The conditional relationship between cultural and economic threats in white Americans’ support for refugee relocation programs
Naturalise or deport? the distinct logics of support for different immigration outcomes
Digital Texts and Moral Questions About Immigration
United or divided in diversity? The heterogeneous effects of ethnic diversity on European and national identities
Fear and Loathing
Gendered Xenophobia? Gendered Interpretation of Immigration and Labor Market Vulnerability
Do Citizens Stereotype Muslims as an Illiberal Bogeyman? Evidence from a Double-List Experiment
Supporting the Right to Wear Religious Symbols
Unusual suspects? A group position approach to explaining anti-refugee attitudes among secular Turks
Why Americans Hate Welfare
Mirt
Covering Islam
Is Anyone Responsible?
The Politics of Belonging
The determinants of individual attitudes towards immigration
The Race Card
Remaking the American Mainstream
See no Spanish
The complexity and ambivalence of immigration attitudes
Attitudes toward immigrant groups and the September 11 terrorist attacks
Cross-city evidence on the relationship between immigration and crime
Immigration Opposition Among U.S. Whites
Bayesian Model Selection in Social Research
Stereotypes of U . S . Immigrants from Four Global Regions
Reassessing the Impact of Hispanic Stereotypes on White Americans' Immigration Preferences
Muslims in their European societies of settlement
The Construction of Arabs as Enemies
Racial Perceptions and Evaluative Responses to Welfare
Racial Attitudes and Opposition to Welfare
Stereotypes of Muslims and Support for the War on Terror
Race and Poverty in America
Crime News and the Priming of Racial Attitudes During Evaluations of the President
The Polls-Trends
Do Attitudes about Immigration Predict Willingness to Admit Individual Immigrants
The Impact of Economic and Cultural Cues on Support for Immigration in Canada and the United States
Immigration and Politics
Public Attitudes Toward Immigration
Public Perceptions of Race and Crime
Economic Explanations for Opposition to Immigration
Prime Suspects
The Separation Plot
European Opinion About Immigration
The Architecture of Race in American Immigration Law
Reel Bad Arabs
Economic Insecurity, Prejudicial Stereotypes, and Public Opinion on Immigration Policy
The Strength of Issues
Acceptable and Unacceptable Immigrants
Public opinion, prejudice and the racialization of welfare in Canada
Does Islam play a role in anti-immigrant sentiment? An experimental approach
| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |