In Our Interest - How Democracies Can Make Immigration Popular

In this data-driven, counterintuitive book, Alexander Kustov argues that showing people how immigration benefits them and their fellow citizens can lead to greater acceptance of more open policies.

List of contents

Preface
Introduction
Part I. Borders of Compassion: How Nationalists Can Embrace Immigration
1. Nationalism as Parochial Altruism: A Theory of Conditional Support for Immigration
2. The Altruist’s Dilemma in the Data: Why Don’t Altruists Support Immigration?
3. Altruistic Nationalism Revealed: Why Do Most Voters Oppose Immigration?
4. National Interest Randomized: When Would Most Voters Support Immigration?
Part II. Persuasion by Design: How Demonstrably Beneficial Policies Make Immigration Popular
5. Making Immigration Popular: From Framing to Policymaking
6. Backlash Versus Legitimation: Do Programmatic Pro-immigration Reforms Backfire?
7. There Is No Shortcut: Why Does Immigration Have to Be Demonstrably Beneficial to Be
Popular?
8. How (Not) to Design Popular Immigration Policies: Comparing Reforms in Canada and
Sweden
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Appendix A: Data
Appendix B: Tables
Notes
References
Index

About the author

Alexander Kustov is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Summary

In this data-driven, counterintuitive book, Alexander Kustov argues that showing people how immigration benefits them and their fellow citizens can lead to greater acceptance of more open policies.

Product details

• Authors: Alexander Kustov
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2025
• EAN: 9780231218108
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21810-8
• No. of pages: 344
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Europe, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Migration, immigration & emigration, Comparative Politics, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Central / national / federal government policies, Central / national / federal government, Central government policies, Central government