All Along the Watchtower: Acculturation Fear, Anti-Latino Affect, and Immigration

Autor:	Erin C. Cassese, Chad Westerland, Regina Branton, Bradford S. Jones
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Sociology and Political Science Immigration policy Political science National election media_common.quotation_subject Immigration Context (language use) Affect (psychology) Social identity theory Social psychology Acculturation media_common
Zdroj:	The Journal of Politics. 73:664-679
ISSN:	1468-2508 0022-3816
DOI:	10.1017/s0022381611000375
Popis:	In this article, we consider how the factors driving Anglo attitudes toward immigration changed in the post-9/11 era. We argue that in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the immigration issue became nationalized, framed in a threat context. In this context, acculturation fear and anti-Latino sentiment are strong predictors of restrictionist sentiment; in the pre-9/11 period, these factors have little substantive impact on Anglo attitudes. We theorize that the current climate has helped “activate” social identities, which in turn has deleterious consequences for the Latinos in the United States. Using data from the 2000 and 2004 National Election Studies, we estimate a model of Anglo immigration attitudes. We show indicators of acculturation fear, anti-Latino sentiment, and media exposure significantly relate to Anglo immigration attitudes in the post-9/11 period but not the pre-9/11 period.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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