Immigration and the American ethos /

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What do Americans want from immigration policy and why? In the rise of a polarized and acrimonious immigration debate, leading accounts see racial anxieties and disputes over the meaning of American nationhood coming to a head. The resurgence of parochial identities has breathed new life into old wo...

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Hauptverfasser:
Levy, Morris, Wright, Matthew
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
What do Americans want from immigration policy and why? In the rise of a polarized and acrimonious immigration debate, leading accounts see racial anxieties and disputes over the meaning of American nationhood coming to a head. The resurgence of parochial identities has breathed new life into old worries about the vulnerability of the American Creed. This book tells a different story, one in which creedal values remain hard at work in shaping ordinary Americans' judgements about immigration. Levy and Wright show that perceptions of civic fairness - based on multiple, often competing values deeply rooted in the country's political culture - are the dominant guideposts by which most Americans navigate immigration controversies most of the time and explain why so many Americans simultaneously hold a mix of pro-immigrant and anti-immigrant positions. The authors test the relevance and force of the theory over time and across issue domains.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xx, 231 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Anmerkungen:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2020).
ISBN:
1-108-80710-0
1-108-80281-8
1-108-77217-X
Schlagworte:
Group identity > Political aspects > United States.
Fairness > Political aspects > United States.
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