Immigration and the American Ethos

di Morris Levy (Autore)

Matthew Wright (Autore)

Cambridge University Press, 2020

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.

• Autore: Morris Levy, Matthew Wright
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Collana: Cambridge Studies in Public Opinion and Political Psychology
• Anno: 2020
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 240 p.
• Dimensioni: 230 x 153 mm
• Peso: 450 gr.
• EAN: 9781108738873

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