Racial Threat, Residential Segregation, and the Policy Attitudes of Anglos

Rocha, Rene R.; Espino, Rodolfo

doi:10.1177/1065912908320931

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“…Studies using contextual influences in municipalities, neighbourhoods and urban areas test both conflict and contact theories (e.g. Burns and Gimpel 2000;Rocha and Espino 2009) and find similar results as studies using countries and regions (Schlueter and Wagner 2008;Mirwaldt 2010). …”

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What determines attitudes to immigration in European countries? An analysis at the regional level

2013

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Different disciplines within the social sciences have produced large theoretical and empirical literatures to explain the determinants of anti-immigration attitudes. We bring together these literatures in a unified framework and identify testable hypothesis on what characteristics of the individual and of the local environment are likely to have an impact on anti-immigration attitudes. While most of the previous literature focuses on the explanation of attitudes at the individual level, we focus on the impact on regional characteristics (the local context). Our aim is to explain why people living in different regions differ in terms of their attitudes towards immigration. We isolate the impact of regions from regressions using individual-level data and explain this residual regional heterogeneity in attitudes with aggregate level indicators of regional characteristics. We find that regions with a higher percentage of immigrants born outside the EU and a higher unemployment rate among the immigrant population show a higher probability that natives express negative attitudes to immigration. Regions with a higher unemployment rate among natives however, show less pronounced anti-immigrant attitudes.JEL Classification: F22; J15; J61; R19

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What determines attitudes to immigration in European countries? An analysis at the regional level

2013

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“…784-785). Specifically, in regards to Latinos, Rocha and Espino have found that "increasing both the size of the Latino population and the level of residential segregation result in Anglos possessing less 'Latino-friendly' policy preferences" [62] (p. 423). Thus, two main components that scholars have used to measure perceived threat are group size and racial prejudice.…”

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“…However, in fact, much of Asians' success is due to selective migration and favorable immigration policy (62). Furthermore, the model minority frame obscures the income and educational heterogeneity of the Asian-American population (62).…”

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Latinos Need to Stay in Their Place: Differential Segregation in a Multi-Ethnic Suburb

Lacayo

2016

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While Latinos face high levels of segregation, there is scant research specifically addressing whites' attitudes towards Latinos regarding their preferences. This study draws from 40 in-depth interviews with whites in Orange County California, an area with a large Latino and Asian population. I demonstrate that white respondents choose to segregate themselves from Latinos. Most studies have used Blumer's group position theory to explain white attitudes and neighborhood preference towards Blacks. My findings supports Blumer's group position theory by revealing why white respondents feel threatened by an increase in the Latino population. Yet, the Asian population has also grown, but white respondents convey positive sentiments towards Asians, and express they feel comfortable living and interacting with them. I argue that white respondents' preferences with regards to integration are not solely based on the size of a group, but rather whether they characterize the group as inferior. Integration has been touted as an American principle. Yet, as the country becomes more diverse, this case study illustrates that white respondents prefer to share space with those they feel similar to, and consequently contribute to Latino segregation.

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“…From this item, we created a dichotomous variable, labeled Delay Welfare Benefits, and coded 1 for respondent's preferring the more restrictive position of making immigrants wait one year for benefits and 0 for those preferring to make immigrants immediately eligible for services. This item has been used in prior opinion research on immigration 32 and provides 28 Brader, Valentino and Suhay 2008;Campbell, Wong, and Citrin 2006;Hood and Morris 1997;Rocha and Espino 2009;Stein, Post, and Rinden 2000;Tolbert and Grummel 2003. 29 In addition to being consistent with prior research, extant research suggests that theoretical models other than those developed to explain national majority group reactions to immigrant minorities may be appropriate for explaining the dynamics of opinion on immigration among immigrants and other minority groups (e.g., Hainmueller and Hopkins 2014;Dancygier and Saunders 2006;Nteta 2013).…”

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Easing the Heavy Hand: Humanitarian Concern, Empathy, and Opinion on Immigration

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Brit. J. Polit. Sci.

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The bulk of the public opinion research on immigration identifies the factors leading to opposition to immigration. In contrast, we focus on a previously unexplored factor yielding support for immigration: humanitarianism. Relying upon secondary analysis of national public opinion survey data and an original survey experiment, we demonstrate that humanitarian concern significantly decreases support for restrictive immigration policy. Results from our survey experiment demonstrate that in an information environment evoking both threat and countervailing humanitarian concern regarding immigration, the latter can and does override the former. Last, our results point to the importance of individual differences in empathy in moderating the effects of both threat and humanitarian inducements.

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Racial Threat, Residential Segregation, and the Policy Attitudes of Anglos

Cited by 160 publications

References 30 publications

What determines attitudes to immigration in European countries? An analysis at the regional level

What determines attitudes to immigration in European countries? An analysis at the regional level

Latinos Need to Stay in Their Place: Differential Segregation in a Multi-Ethnic Suburb

Easing the Heavy Hand: Humanitarian Concern, Empathy, and Opinion on Immigration

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