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Explaining attitudes towards immigration policies in European countries: the role of human values. |
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Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 38(5), May 2012, pp.757-775. |
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1369-183X |
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1469-9451 |
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European societies have been experiencing increasing rates of immigration in recent decades. At the same time, Europeans display negative attitudes towards immigrants in general and to immigration in particular. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of human values on attitudes towards immigration. The main hypothesis was that self-transcendent individuals are more supportive of, and conservative individuals are more adverse to, immigration. Data was drawn from the first 3 rounds (2002–03, 2004–05 and 2006–07) of the European Social Survey (ESS) for 20 European countries. ESS participants were interviewed regarding different social issues including their attitudes towards immigration and value priorities. To explain difference in the rejection of immigration across countries and the different time points, the group threat theory approach was used. Multilevel analysis confirmed the hypothesis, indicating that values have a substantial influence in the explanation of anti-immigration attitudes after controlling for the effect of socio-demographic characteristics. The effect of these values was rather similar across countries and time points. |
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attitudes; comparative studies; immigrants; immigration; public opinion; surveys; |
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www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/profile.asp?guid=f825b335-a8d5-4709-90fd-ab4a98c6d5ec |
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