North American Attitudes toward Immigrants and Immigration in the Time of Covid-19
The Role of National Attachment and Threat
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5741641 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Victoria M Esses (0000-0001-8002-2725), Alina Sutter, Joanie Bouchard (0000-0002-5348-0269), K H Choi (0000-0001-6885-6233), P Denice (0000-0002-7997-8313) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 697 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 148-173 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00027162211057501 |
| OpenAlex | W4200435407 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 22 |
Using a cross-national representative survey conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, we examine predictors of attitudes toward immigrants and immigration in Canada and the United States, including general and COVID-related nationalism, patriotism, and perceived personal and national economic and health threats. In both countries, nationalism, particularly COVID-related nationalism, predicted perceptions that immigration levels were too high and negative attitudes toward immigrants. Patriotism predicted negative immigration attitudes in the United States but not in Canada, where support for immigration and multiculturalism are part of national identity. Conversely, personal and national economic threat predicted negative immigration attitudes in Canada more than in the United States. In both countries, national health threat predicted more favorable views of immigration levels and attitudes toward immigrants, perhaps because many immigrants have provided frontline health care during the pandemic. Country-level cognition in context drives immigration attitudes and informs strategies for supporting more positive views of immigrants and immigration
Context (archaeology) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Demographic economics · Economics · Geography · Immigration · Immigration policy · Multiculturalism · National identity · Nationalism · Pandemic · Patriotism · Political science · Politics · Law · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social and Intergroup Psychology
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| Citations per year | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2027 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |