Public Attitudes Toward Immigration in the United States, France, and Germany

by Joel S. Fetzer

• ISBN13: 9780521786799
• ISBN10: 0521786797
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-04
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Public Attitudes toward Immigration in the United States, France, and Germany explores the causes of public opposition to immigration and support for anti-immigrant political movements in the three industrialized Western countries. Combining sophisticated modeling of recent public-opinion data with analysis of the last 110 years of these nations' immigration history, the book evaluates the effects of cultural marginality, economic self-interest, and contact with immigrants. Though analysis partly confirms each of these three explanations, the author concludes that being a cultural outsider usually drives immigration-related attitudes more than economics or contact do.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Marginality, Economic Self-Interest, and Contact	1	(24)
Part I. Historical Analysis	25	(52)
History of Attitudes toward Immigration in the United States	28	(20)
History of Attitudes toward Immigration in France	48	(15)
History of Attitudes toward Immigration in Germany	63	(14)
Part II. Quantitative Analysis	77	(78)
Over-Time Opposition to Immigration and Support for Nativist Political Movements	79	(13)
Recent Attitudes toward Immigration in the United States	92	(18)
Recent Attitudes toward Immigration in France	110	(13)
Recent Attitudes toward Immigration in Germany	123	(18)
Culture, Nationality, and the Future of Nativism	141	(14)
Appendix 1. Demographic, Economic, and Political Data	155	(19)
Appendix 2. Model Specifications	174	(9)
Appendix 3. Survey Characteristics	183	(4)
Appendix 4. Definition of Variables	187	(14)
Notes	201	(16)
Glossary of Non-English Terms	217	(4)
Bibliography	221	(26)
Index	247