Propinquity & Perturbation : Addressing Cross-National Variation in the Size of the Urban-Rural Divide Regarding Attitudes Towards Immigrants
Tomic, Damjan
Hernández, Enrique, dir. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Política i de Dret Públic)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Facultat de Ciències Polítiques i de Sociologia

Data:	2021
Descripció:	45 pag.
Resum:	European attitudes towards immigrants are geographically clustered, with the residents of urban areas tending to view immigrants more favourably than their rural counterparts. This study employs a novel approach to understanding anti-immigration sentiment by addressing cross-national variation in the size of the urban-rural divide of attitudes towards immigrants. By drawing from threat theories, contact theories and social identity perspectives, theoretical mechanisms are proposed to explain how higher national income inequality, native-born unemployment, actual immigrant populations and perceived immigrant populations act distinctly on native urban and rural populations. Using data from Rounds 8 and 9 of the European Social Survey, Eurostat, the Special Eurobarometer 469: Integration of immigrants in the European Union and The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development for twelve Western European nations, it was first demonstrated that attitudes towards immigrants indeed differ between rural and urban populations and that these differences vary between countries. Thereupon, it was shown that income inequality and native-born unemployment moderate the influence of urban and rural settings on attitudes towards immigrants. Higher perceived immigrant populations were also found to interact with residential settings, although not as expected. Higher national income inequality, native-born unemployment and perceived immigrant populations are all associated with smaller urban-rural gaps regarding attitudes towards immigrants. By controlling for individual-level demographic variables, these findings offer empirical support for the contextual effects hypothesis. Moreover, these findings translate into strategies that policy makers can employ to mitigate divergent urban and rural attitudes towards immigrants.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Titulació:	Ciència Política / Political Science [4313335]
Pla d'estudis:	Màster Universitari en Ciència Política / Political Science [1118]
Document:	Treball de fi de postgrau
Matèria:	Attitudes towards immigrants ; Urban-rural divide ; Winners and losers of globalization ; Economic threat theories ; Cultural threat theories ; Contact theories ; Compositional effects ; Contextual effects ; Income inequality ; Unemployment ; Social identity ; National identity

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