Danish/English |
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Author:
| Berlitz Publishing Staff, |
Series title: | Berlitz Bilingual Pocket Dictionaries Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-981-246-502-3 |
Publication Date: | Dec 2004 |
Publisher: | Berlitz Publishing
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $16.95 |
Book Description:
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Public Attitudes Toward Immigration in the United States, France, and Germany explores the causes of public opposition to immigration and support for anti-immigrant political movements in the three industrialized Western countries. Combining sophisticated modeling of recent public-opinion data with analysis of the past 110 years of these nations' immigration history, the book evaluates the effects of cultural marginality, economic self-interest, and contact with immigrants. Though...
More DescriptionPublic Attitudes Toward Immigration in the United States, France, and Germany explores the causes of public opposition to immigration and support for anti-immigrant political movements in the three industrialized Western countries. Combining sophisticated modeling of recent public-opinion data with analysis of the past 110 years of these nations' immigration history, the book evaluates the effects of cultural marginality, economic self-interest, and contact with immigrants. Though analysis partly confirms each of these three explanations, the author concludes that being a cultural outsider usually drives immigration-related attitudes more than economics or contact do.