Residential Mobility Constraints and Immigration Restrictionism

Velez, Yamil

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“…Scholars have also argued that “native” residents self-select into homogeneous localities (Hall and Crowder 2014) or that their likelihood of relocating increases as their communities become demographically more diverse (Crowder, Hall, and Tolnay 2011; Perrineau 1997). In a similar vein, Velez (2018) importantly demonstrates how hostility toward immigrants is stronger among locals confronted with ethnic change and who are residentially constrained than among residents living in “exit-friendlier” localities. Thus, although self-selection and sorting undoubtedly play a key role in understanding immigration attitudes and PRR support (Enos 2017; Gallego et al 2016; Maxwell 2019), some of the anti-immigration backlash outside the diverse, “cosmopolitan” cities may well be attributable to residentially constrained individuals contesting the effects of immigration, because their means of responding to it in other ways are limited.…”

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Residential Constraints and the Political Geography of the Populist Radical Right: Evidence from France

Patana¹

2021

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What explains variation in populist radical right (PRR) support within Western democracies? Specifically, why is contemporary PRR support often and increasingly stronger in areas seemingly detached from the effects of globalization, transnationalism, or immigration, the key issues these parties emphasize? This study articulates a theory of residential constraints to deepen understanding of these spatial patterns. I hypothesize that when citizens are residentially constrained—that is, when their means of reacting to local conditions and “voting with their feet” are limited—they are more likely to support PRR parties. To test this claim, I use a multimethod research design and exploit both quantitative and qualitative evidence from France, an important case of long-standing and geographically divided PRR support. I demonstrate that the PRR performs well in areas where locals’ access to services and opportunities is compromised and where opportunities and incentives to relocate are blocked by residential constraints. Residential constraints thus generate a set of relative economic grievances and render them highly salient in localities that may otherwise appear unaffected by more objective hardships and structural decay.

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Residential Constraints and the Political Geography of the Populist Radical Right: Evidence from France

Patana¹

2021

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“…Exclusionary attitudes—prejudice toward outgroups and opposition to the policies that promote their well-being (Enos 2014)—have been implicated in political and social strife worldwide, including populist voting in the United States (Reny, Collingwood and Valenzuela 2019; Sides, Tesler, and Vavreck 2018) and the resurgence of far-right political parties in Europe (Dinas et al 2019; Hangartner et al 2019). Unfortunately, previous research has found that intergroup prejudices and corresponding exclusionary political attitudes typically are strong (Hopkins, Sides and Citrin 2019; Tesler 2015), arise in the presence of even minimal group differences (Tajfel 1970), persist over time (Lai et al 2016), and are likely to further grow in response to demographic change (Craig and Richeson 2014; Hajnal and Rivera 2014; Hopkins 2010; Sands and de Kadt 2019; Velez 2018). Moreover, few strategies have been shown to allow individuals, organizations, or policymakers to feasibly reduce these exclusionary attitudes in practice (Paluck 2016; Paluck and Green 2009b).…”

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Reducing Exclusionary Attitudes through Interpersonal Conversation: Evidence from Three Field Experiments

2020

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Exclusionary attitudes—prejudice toward outgroups and opposition to policies that promote their well-being—are presenting challenges to democratic societies worldwide. Drawing on insights from psychology, we argue that non-judgmentally exchanging narratives in interpersonal conversations can facilitate durable reductions in exclusionary attitudes. We support this argument with evidence from three pre-registered field experiments targeting exclusionary attitudes toward unauthorized immigrants and transgender people. In these experiments, 230 canvassers conversed with 6,869 voters across 7 US locations. In Experiment 1, face-to-face conversations deploying arguments alone had no effects on voters’ exclusionary immigration policy or prejudicial attitudes, but otherwise identical conversations also including the non-judgmental exchange of narratives durably reduced exclusionary attitudes for at least four months (d = 0.08). Experiments 2 and 3, targeting transphobia, replicate these findings and support the scalability of this strategy (ds = 0.08, 0.04). Non-judgmentally exchanging narratives can help overcome the resistance to persuasion often encountered in discussions of these contentious topics.

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The Role of Politics in Public Views About Immigrants

Koning,

Kaushal

2024

Int. Migration & Integration

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Residential Mobility Constraints and Immigration Restrictionism

Cited by 6 publications

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Residential Constraints and the Political Geography of the Populist Radical Right: Evidence from France

Residential Constraints and the Political Geography of the Populist Radical Right: Evidence from France

Reducing Exclusionary Attitudes through Interpersonal Conversation: Evidence from Three Field Experiments

The Role of Politics in Public Views About Immigrants

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