The relation between integration policy and majority attitudes toward immigration

Bart Meuleman & Tim Reeskens
Empirical evidence is presented for a relation between the integration regimes that countries have adopted on the one hand, and public immigration attitudes. Inhabitants of countries with exclusive immigration policies perceive immigrants more frequently as a threat to certain prerogatives such as cultural and economic goods. Between countries of the other two latent classes, no significant differences were detected. The relation between policy and attitudes can be predominantly attributed to 23 one specific policy dimension, namely political participation.... READ FULL ARTICLE.