Immigration and the American Ethos
Synopsis
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.
- Copyright:
- 2020 Cambridge University Press
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- ISBN-13:
- 9781108807104
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 2020-01-28T07:29:29Z
- Language:
- English
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- This is a copyrighted book.