Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor and We Might Buy Them Dinner
Social Capital, Immigration, and Welfare Generosity in the American States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6340871 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel P Hawes (0000-0002-8786-050X, Kent State University, OH, USA, corresponding author), Austin Michael Mccrea (Texas A&M University, College Station, USA), Austin Mccrea (0000-0001-6789-1977, Texas A&M University) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 347-360 |
| Publication date | 2018-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Research Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1065-9129 • E-ISSN: 1938-274X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1065912917738576 |
| OpenAlex | W2767214081 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 57 |
A long-standing debate persists regarding how social capital relates to diversity and inequality in the American states. Putnam argues social capital leads to greater equality and tolerance; however, others find that it increases racial inequality. We build on Soss, Fording, and Schram’s Racial Classification Model (RCM) and theorize that social capital enhances social trust and empathy in homogeneous contexts and favors paternalistic and punitive social controls in diverse contexts. We test this using the case of immigration and welfare generosity following the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996. Using state-level data from 1997 to 2009, we find that under conditions of low immigration, social capital is associated with increased social trust and empathy; however, as immigration increases, social capital pivots toward favoring mechanisms of social control. Specifically, social capital increases Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash benefit levels, but only when immigration levels are low. In high-immigration contexts, social capital is associated with decreased welfare generosity
Economic growth · Economics · Financial capital · Generosity · Human capital · Immigration · Individual capital · Political science · Social capital · Social reproduction · Sociology · Welfare state · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
When Social Capital Becomes Political Capital
Community Social Capital, Racial Diversity, and Philanthropic Resource Mobilization in the Time of a Pandemic
The Validity of the Enns and Koch, and Berry et al. Measures of State Policy Mood
Assessing a New Measure of State Policy Mood
Contextualizing the Effect of Community Social Capital on Racial Health Disparities
Employer Verification Mandates and Infant Health
A hard pill to swallow
Coming Together to Punish Others
How the Link Between Social Capital and Migratory Duration Helps Us Understand Immigrant–Native Inequality
How Local Contexts Matter for Local Immigrant Policies
The Color of Discretion
Social Welfare Attitudes and Immigrants as a Target Population
Place matters
Political Trust and Support for Immigration in the American Mass Public
Immigration Attitudes and White Americans’ Responsiveness to Rising Income Inequality
But who takes care of the mom
Welfare Reform
Why Americans Hate Welfare
The Mass Media and the Dynamics of American Racial Attitudes
The articulation of social capital in entrepreneurial networks
Bowling alone
Multiculturalism and the Welfare State
Do multiculturalism policies erode the welfare state? An empirical analysis
Racial Diversity and Social Capital
Disciplining the Poor
Devolution, Discretion, and the Effect of Local Political Values on Tanf Sanctioning
Race and the Response of State Legislatures to Unauthorized Immigrants
An Annual Cost of Living Index for the American States, 1960-1995
The Politics of Welfare Exclusion
A Racial/Ethnic Diversity Interpretation of Politics and Policy in the States of the U.S
Immigration and the Evolving American Welfare State
Public Opinion Toward Immigration Reform
Minorities and Direct Legislation
Beyond Racial Threat
Immigrant Social Policy in the American States
Social Capital, Racial Context, and Incarcerations in the American States
Anti-Immigrant Anxieties in State Policy
The Impact of Multimember State Legislative Districts on Welfare Policy
Social Capital in the 50 States
E Pluribus Unum
Does Diversity Erode Social Cohesion? Social Capital and Race in British Neighbourhoods
Multiple Theoretical Traditions in American Politics and Racial Policy Inequality
Racial Threat, Residential Segregation, and the Policy Attitudes of Anglos
Descriptive Representation as a Mechanism to Mitigate Policy Backlash
Social Capital, Racial Diversity, and Equity
Understanding Interaction Models
Social Capital and Racial Inequality in America
Measuring Citizen and Government Ideology in the American States, 1960-93
The Color of Devolution
Immigration Attitudes and Support for the Welfare State in the American Mass Public
Social Capital and the Dynamics of Trust in Government
Setting the Terms of Relief
Politics and the New American Welfare States
Intergroup Prejudice in Multiethnic Settings
Race, Bureaucratic Discretion, and the Implementation of Welfare Reform
Social Capital
Determinants of Social Capital
The Effect of Legislative Diversity on Agenda Setting
An Invitation of Reflexive Sociology
Electoral Competition in the American States
State Lottery Adoptions as Policy Innovations
Politicized Places
The Ambivalent Welcome
Race and the Local Politics of Punishment in the New World of Welfare
The Changing Color of Welfare? How Whites' Attitudes toward Latinos Influence Support for Welfare
Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital
More diversity, less tolerance? The effect of type of cultural diversity on the erosion of tolerance in Swiss municipalities
| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |