The public view of immigrant integration: multidimensional and consensual. Evidence from survey experiments in the UK and the Netherlands

Sobolewska, Maria; Galandini, Silvia; Lessard-Phillips, Laurence

doi:10.1080/1369183x.2016.1248377

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“…They must negotiate their identities through these, often conflicting, cultures (Dwyer 2000;Gravel et al 2016). Academics, politicians and the general public often view convergence in partnership and childbearing attitudes and behaviour towards the dominant majority as assimilation (Alba and Nee 1997;Gordon 1964;Kulu et al 2017;Sobolewska, Galandini, and Lessard-Phillips 2017). In the UK, commentators have looked to marriage practices, particularly arranged marriage, to highlight the extent to which ethnic minorities are culturally integrated into mainstream society (Ahmad 2012;Casey 2016).…”

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Expectations for family transitions in young adulthood among the UK second generation

Berrington

2018

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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This paper explores whether family transitions among descendants of post second-world-war immigrants are converging towards those of white British young adults by examining family formation expectations among 16-21 year-olds collected within the 2009-2015 waves of Understanding Society. The paper asks: Do current adolescents' cohabitation, marriage and parenthood expectations differ by ethnic group? Are differences similar for men and women? Are ethnic differences mediated by individual or parental socio-economic characteristics? We find that expectations for marriage and parenthood are unanimously high, but that there is greater uncertainty among white British and black Caribbean adolescents as to the age at which these transitions will occur. We find large ethnic differences in expectations for cohabitation, especially for women. There is evidence for a divergence in expectations within the south-Asian community. Secondgeneration Indians have lower expectations for marriage and higher expectations for cohabitation than second-generation Bangladeshis or Pakistanis. Ethnic group differences remain when religiosity, parental background and individual characteristics are controlled. Further research is required regarding the mechanisms which underlie the differential transmission of family formation attitudes across ethnic minority groups.

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Expectations for family transitions in young adulthood among the UK second generation

Berrington

2018

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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“…This research slots into a contemporary trend of utilizing conjoint analysis, which allows for the isolation of key explanatory variables in attitudes toward immigrants. However, while the methodology is increasingly common, previous research of this type focuses almost exclusively on citizen attitudes in advanced industrial economies of North America (Hainmueller and Hopkins, 2014) and Western Europe (Sobolewska et al, 2017). Little has been said about developed democracies with more homogenous societies and shorter histories of hosting longterm immigrants in large numbers, a category that includes Japan, the Republic of Korea and several other Asian states.…”

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“…However, the Korean case also has some distinguishing features. South Koreans show noteworthy origins-based discrimination, putting them more in line with some Western European countries whose citizens show greater cultural anxiety towards those hailing from culturally dissimilar places than is generally the case in North America (Johnson and Rodger, 2015;Sobolewska et al, 2017). There are also some co-ethnic and gender effects, but these are modest when compared to sociotropic and origins-based concerns.…”

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Who should be admitted? Conjoint analysis of South Korean attitudes toward immigrants

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Green

2020

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South Korea is slowly but steadily becoming a country of immigrants. In 1998, there were barely 300,000 foreign residents in South Korea. As of 2018, there were more than 2.3 million. The immigrant population has yet to reach 5% of the total population, but it is predicted to rise significantly in the years to come. Despite the increase in newcomers, it is not well understood who native South Koreans prefer as immigrants and why. Are immigrant attitudes motivated by co-ethnic solidarity, or are they primarily based on economic and sociotropic concerns? To isolate attitudes on these crucial questions, this research uses a conjoint experiment that simultaneously tests the influence of seven immigrant attributes in generating support for admission. Our results show that broad sociotropic concerns largely drive attitudes towards immigrants in South Korea, but an immigrant’s origin also matters. Prospective newcomers from culturally similar and higher-status countries who can speak Korean and have clear plans to work are most preferred. The research findings will be relevant to the comparative study of immigration attitudes, as well as to researchers interested in the specifics of the South Korean case.

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“…The term immigration tends to cause mixed attitudes among individuals (Sobolewska, Galandini & Lessard-Phillips, 2016). Although the general preference is for highly educated, skilled, culturally and linguistically similar immigrants, the European Union showed more support for their own EU nationals than the non-EU immigrants (Eurobarometer, 2016).…”

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Hope or Fear? A Contemporary Portrayal of Immigrants in British Regional Newspapers

Dodantenna¹

2020

Ro. J. Comm. & PR

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How does the press represent immigrants? The leading scholarship in framing studies argues that immigrants are mostly represented negatively in the national press, which aligns with the dominant discourse. But does that negativity exist in the local newspapers too? Focusing on the immigration debate surrounding Brexit, the following study was set out to examine ten local newspapers from the most populous city regions in the UK during three snapshot time points from November 2018 to April 2019. The six-week period, which was mainly based on Brexit milestones, served as data collection points. The evidence suggests that local press coverage largely portrays immigrants in a favourable manner, proving support and highlighting their need and contribution. The said positivity was closely followed by the threat frame which depicts sentiments of fear, panic, burden and hostility. However, a shift in the positive discourse, towards threat, was noted during the mid-time point that was mainly fueled by the elite rhetoric. Among the findings, the Scottish open arms policy towards the immigrants is very significant. It is mainly linked to their local concerns, such as labour shortages and population decline. While the study contributes to the growing literature in local media research, it also highlights how domestic needs could push back on the dominant discourse.

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The public view of immigrant integration: multidimensional and consensual. Evidence from survey experiments in the UK and the Netherlands

Cited by 63 publications

References 58 publications

Expectations for family transitions in young adulthood among the UK second generation

Expectations for family transitions in young adulthood among the UK second generation

Who should be admitted? Conjoint analysis of South Korean attitudes toward immigrants

Hope or Fear? A Contemporary Portrayal of Immigrants in British Regional Newspapers

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