Selecting Talented Migrants: Majority and Minority Perspectives

Gale, Jessica; Staerklé, Christian

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“…In this latter case, anti-immigrant prejudice is interpreted as a strategy to maintain the privileges of the high-status ingroup and status quo (see Jetten, 2019). Yet, in general, highly skilled immigrants are preferred over lowerskilled immigrants (Valentino et al, 2019), especially by national majority groups (Gale & Staerklé, 2021).…”

Section: Individual or Collective Threat?mentioning

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Migration and Multiculturalism

Green,

Staerklé

2023

The Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology

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This chapter provides an overview of research on migration and multiculturalism from the perspective of political psychology. The first part outlines some historical benchmarks of modern migration and briefly presents two key notions of a psychological approach to migration—assimilation and multiculturalism—in their historical context. The second part summarizes research on the psychological dynamics involved in the migrant experience, in particular the interactionist and complex nature of migrant identities, acculturation in receiving societies, and intergroup approaches to acculturation and multiculturalism. The third part analyzes the role of threat regarding immigrants and immigration in the reactions of majority populations in receiving societies. The fourth part presents multilevel research on the effects of contextual factors on attitudes toward immigration held by national majority groups. In the conclusion, ongoing and future challenges for research on migration and multiculturalism are outlined.

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Section: Individual or Collective Threat?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Migration and Multiculturalism

Green,

Staerklé

2023

The Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology

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“…Converging evidence has shown that devalued members who have been historically excluded and treated unfairly tend to trust society and its authorities less than valued group members who have been more readily welcomed and included (Smith, 2010; see also Urbanska et al, 2019). As compared to so-called "talented migrants" who are generally cherished by receiving countries (Gale & Staerklé, 2021), many refugees and migrants are overly exposed to cumulative and prolonged forms of marginalization and exclusion (Esses et al, 2017;Gonzales et al, 2013). These vulnerable categories often face additional stressors stemming from insecure legal status and fear of deportation (Martiniello & Rea, 2014;van Meeteren, 2014), stressors that were further exacerbated during the COVID-19 outbreak (United Nations, 2020;WHO, 2020).…”

Section: Two Stages Linking Legal Status To Social and Political Trustmentioning

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Are we really going to get out of COVID-19 together? Secured legal status and trust among refugees and migrants

Politi

Roblain

Licata

2023

J. Soc. Polit. Psych.

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Building up on pre-existing vulnerabilities and social exclusions, refugees and migrants are disproportionately suffering from the negative effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. Insecure legal status is an additional stressor that may accentuate social cleavages and ultimately impair their trust in host society and institutions. Based on a diverse sample of refugees and migrants in Belgium (N = 355), the present study investigates direct and indirect effects of legal status—measured as the type of residence permit held by participants—on social and political trust during the COVID-19 outbreak. Secured legal status was positively associated with social and political trust directly, and indirectly via a serial mediation composed by two cumulative stages. First, participants with a more secured legal status experienced less material difficulties to cope with the pandemic (i.e., first material stage). Second, participant who experienced less material difficulties identified more with the host society (i.e., second symbolic stage). In turn, reduced material difficulties and increased identification with the host society were both positively associated with social and political trust. Our findings advocate for securing legal status of refugees and migrants to help societies cope cohesively with the long-lasting effects of the COVID-19 outbreak.

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“…This civic integration perspective is the foundation of an "individualized immigration policy" (Gale & Staerklé, 2021), which uses individual criteria to determine if a person is allowed to enter and reside in a given country. Reflecting principles of equity theory (Walster, Walster, & Berscheid, 1978), individualized immigration policies "reward" valued in dividual contributions and assets of immigrants by granting them entry into the host nation.…”

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Multicultural attitudes in Europe: A multilevel analysis of perceived compatibility between individual and collective justice

Gale

Staerklé

Green

et al. 2021

J. Soc. Polit. Psych.

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Contemporary political philosophers debate the degree to which multiculturalism, with its emphasis on collective justice principles, is compatible with Western liberal societies’ core ideologies based on individual justice principles. Taking on a social psychological perspective, the present study offers a cross-national, multilevel examination of the asymmetric compatibility hypothesis, according to which majority and ethnic minority groups differ in the association between support for individualized immigration policies (based on individual justice principles) and support for multiculturalism (based on collective justice principles). Using data from Round 7 of the European Social Survey (N = 36,732), we compared minority and majority attitudes across 1) countries with stronger versus weaker equality policies at the national level (a Migrant Integration Policy Index [MIPEX] sub-dimension indicator), and 2) Western and post-communist European countries. In line with the asymmetric compatibility hypothesis, ethnic minorities perceived significantly less incompatibility between individual and collective justice than majorities. This majority-minority asymmetric compatibility was stronger in Western countries compared to post-communist European countries. Moreover, in Western countries and in countries with stronger equality policies, ethnic minorities generally supported multiculturalism to a greater extent than majorities. Overall, these findings suggest that deep-seated ideological orientations of national contexts shape minority and majority justice conceptions and hence, also, multicultural attitudes. Implications and future research directions are discussed.

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Selecting Talented Migrants: Majority and Minority Perspectives

Cited by 4 publications

References 62 publications

Migration and Multiculturalism

Migration and Multiculturalism

Are we really going to get out of COVID-19 together? Secured legal status and trust among refugees and migrants

Multicultural attitudes in Europe: A multilevel analysis of perceived compatibility between individual and collective justice

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