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Collective Social Capital, Outgroup Threat, and Americans' Preference for Restrictive Immigration.
- Source :
- Sociological Perspectives; Apr2023, Vol. 66 Issue 2, p331-354, 24p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Throughout parts of the Western world, populist nationalism has gained increasing momentum. Despite cross-national differences in populist leaders and parties, one common feature stands out: xenophobic prejudice. This paper examines in the U.S. context, first, a common assumption linking outgroup threat perception with support for restrictive immigration. Second, more importantly, this paper tests how and the extent to which collective (state-level) social capital independently influences the American citizens' anti-immigrant attitudes, as well as whether it moderates the association between outgroup threat and preference for restricting immigration. Multilevel models based on a nationally representative sample show that people who hold higher perceptions of outgroup threat are indeed more likely to oppose immigration. By contrast, living in a state endowed with more social capital is associated with pro-immigration attitudes. Last, the association between security threat and anti-immigrant preference is weaker (stronger) in states with higher (lower) measures of social capital. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07311214
- Volume :
- 66
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Sociological Perspectives
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 163456899
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/07311214221127935