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Nationalism and immigration control

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ID7337993
AuthorsJ Ko (0000-0001-5912-2828, Department of Political Science and International Relations Korea University Seoul South Korea, corresponding author), Seung-Whan Choi (0000-0002-4984-1973, University of Illinois Chicago), Seung‐whan Choi (Department of Political Science University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois USA)
Year2021
Volume28
Issue1
Pages12-30
Publication date2021-11-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNations and Nationalism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1345-5078 • E-ISSN: 1469-8129
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/nana.12801
OpenAlexW3213236447
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited62

Does the rise of nationalism lead to immigration policy change? By focusing on elite‐led nationalism, this study offers a novel perspective: When top political leaders rely on nationalism as their legitimation strategy, they are more disposed to adopt policies aimed at strict immigration control, such as the imposition of sanctions on illegal immigrants, due to their hands being tied. We perform a battery of empirical tests using a cross‐national, time‐series data for 33 countries for the years 1980–2010. We find evidence that nationalist countries are positively associated with heightened immigration control. This finding is robust even after possible reverse causality is taken into account. The overall analysis illustrates that nationalism is a significant factor in explaining why countries are pushing for more restrictive immigration control in the contemporary world

Development economics · Economics · Elite · Immigration · Immigration policy · Legitimation · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sanctions · Sociology · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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Unique citing works12
Citations per year3
Citation span2022 - 2025 (4)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 12

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