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02884aam a2200373 i 4500 001 E01F1702E97711ED8437380758ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230503010033 008 220330t20232023enka b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781509550692 020 $a 1509550690 020 $a 1509550682 020 $a 9781509550685 035 $a (OCoLC)1306273749 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d YDX $d CDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d MNN $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a JV6483 C58 2023 100 1 $a Citrin, Jack, $e author. 245 10 $a Immigration in the court of public opinion / $c Jack Citrin, Morris Levy and Matthew Wright. 264 1 $a Cambridge, UK ; $b Polity Press, $c 2023. 300 $a x, 158 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm. 490 1 $a Immigration & society series 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-150) and index. 505 0 $a Who are we now? -- Moderation, malleability, and the myth of warring camps -- Motivations -- Assimilation then and now -- American exceptionalism? -- Conclusion. 520 $a "What does a nation of immigrants think and feel about immigration? Recent accounts of immigration policy routinely cast Americans as divided into two warring camps - one fueled by threat to livelihoods and way of life, the other by a fervent cosmopolitanism that sees the nation-state as passé. This counter-intuitive book shows that these accounts miss the mark. First, almost all Americans hold a mix of "pro-" and "anti-immigrant" opinions. Their views are pragmatic and flexible rather than dead-set. Second, opinions about immigration are more powerfully influenced by liberal values and concerns about the well-being of American society as a whole than by identity politics. Third, the assimilation Americans demand from immigrants matches patterns of integration that Hispanic and Asian immigrants overwhelmingly follow. Finally, American attitudes toward immigrants are "exceptional" for their openness and respect for cultural pluralism. In Citrin, Levy, and Wright's view, long-elusive comprehensive immigration reform can win in the court of public opinion - but only if leaders heed their constituents rather than the polarized activists who claim to speak on their behalf. This expert analysis rethinks the role of public opinion in immigration matters: its insights will be welcomed by all interested in immigration debates and public policy." -- $c Provided by publisher. 651 0 $a United States $x Public opinion. $x Public opinion. 700 1 $a Levy, Morris, $d 1982- $e author. 700 1 $a Wright, Matthew $c (Assistant professor of political science), $e author. 830 0 $a Immigration & society. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240417024638.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230804010720.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E01F1702E97711ED8437380758ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search