More people than ever migrate across the world, thereby more live, study, and work in countries, regions, institutions with high immigrant presence. Conflict threat theories have argued that increasing immigration inevitably heightens native citizens' anti-immigrant prejudice. Drawing on alternate strands of social psychological literature such as contact theory, present study challenges this argument. We highlight role sociopolitical context prejudice focusing socioeconomic legal...

Abstract: Subnational varieties of immigrant integration policy, which are particularly salient in federal states, remain largely neglected by migration studies. Following Lijphart, who long demanded to verify international research at the subnational level, this study aims capturing policy variations using example Swiss cantons. In line with approaches, cantonal policies conceptualized and measured terms immigrants’ ease or difficulty access civic, political, socio‐structural, as well...

This paper evaluates whether volunteering is imbued with altruistic or strategic reciprocity. Although scholars have intensively studied the motivations and social norms to volunteer, date there no agreement why human beings perform activities in which time freely given up order benefit another person, group organization. We argue that attitudes towards reciprocity are related, but this relationship becomes only visible if we refine conceptual framework for both concepts. Using data from...

Increasing ethnic diversity and whether or not it impacts on social trust are highly debated topics. Numerous studies report a negative relationship between trust, particularly in the United States. A growing body of follow-up has examined extent to which these findings can be transferred Europe, but results remain inconclusive. Moving beyond discussion mere existence absence effects this study is concerned with moderation relationship. It addresses neglected role subnational integration...

A key question regarding the ongoing process of digitalization is whether it enables societies to overcome patterns inequality or these are fostered in digital sphere. The article addresses this for case online volunteering by examining profiles and offline volunteers terms sociodemographics, resources, networks, psychological engagement. We apply quantitative methods using a unique data set that provides comprehensive information on volunteering. Our results suggest two mechanisms at work...

Over the past two decades, US states differentially increased their involvement in immigration policy-making, producing both welcoming and restrictive legislation. This uptick allows for a systematic comparative analysis on how state-level policies affect immigrants' political attitudes behaviour. paper scrutinizes this question by drawing policy feedback literature using new database individual-level Cooperative Congressional Election Study (CCES) survey data. The quantitative models reveal...

This special issue provides the first internationally comparative analysis of regional immigrant integration policies. The introduction defines socioeconomic, cultural–religious and legal–political domains integration, expecting regions to be most active policy-makers in first. Regional politics drives policy orientations: leftist develop more inclusive policies than their right-wing counterparts, Rokkan with strong regionalist parties adopt assimilationist ordinary regions. Through...

Assaults on immigrants’ civil liberties have been the rise across Western countries. This study asks whether majority-group natives exhibit less political tolerance (i.e., support for restrictions rights and liberties) toward immigrants who criticize government compared to citizens, adding thereby a neglected element discussion conflicted nexus between migration citizenship. Drawing social identity theory theories of economic threat, we find that three countries (US, Switzerland, Turkey)...

Abstract Immigrant integration policies are commonly assumed to be shaped by traditional understandings of citizenship and belonging. Accordingly, such policy frameworks considered path-dependent thus stable over time. The recent surge radical right anti-immigrant parties in many Western European countries challenges this stability-thesis. Several scholars contend that change the party political landscape caused an illiberal turn, resulting more restrictive policies. This paper tests whether...

While the system stabilizing function of reciprocity is widely acknowledged, much less attention has been paid to argument that might initiate social cooperation in first place. This paper tests Gouldner’s early assumption may act as a ‘starting mechanism’ consolidating societies. The empirical test scenario builds on unequal civic engagement between immigrants and nationals, this gap can be read lack immigration Empirical analyses using survey data reciprocal norms based Bayesian...

Via naturalization procedures, immigrants have the opportunity to acquire rights and duties limited nationals. Yet little is known about acculturative contexts motives underlying immigrants' intentions. Employing a large sample of first‐generation in Switzerland ( N = 3928) multilevel approach, we articulated individual acculturation strategies cantonal integration policies explain intentions motives. Results at level showed that assimilated report highest naturalize, followed by integrated,...

Studies explaining immigrant integration policies commonly focus on single aspects such as right-populist party politics or the immigration legacy of a country. This neglects overall character democratic system within which policy-making unfolds. Research empirical patterns democracy, in turn, suggests that consensus democracies pursue 'kinder and gentler' outperform majoritarian terms minority representation. The article tests whether this conclusion holds for specific group minorities...

Abstract Immigration is a prominent and contested global topic of contemporary politics. Several recent popular votes targeting migration such as the minaret initiative, automatic deportation most recently vote on “mass immigration”, evoke however impression that Switzerland sets particularly harsh standards in policy. Based historical evidence Swiss policy making comparative analyses current cantonal integration outputs, I argue ‐ while far from being new phenomenon immigrant scepticism has...

This paper investigates whether integration policies influence immigrants' propensity to volunteer, the latter being an important element of into host society. By distinguishing different categories at Switzerland's subnational level and applying a Bayesian multilevel approach, our results suggest varying policy effects: while fostering socio-structural rights enhance we observe negative curvilinear relationship between cultural obligations volunteerism implying that combination entitlements...

Several academic fields study how immigrants choose their place of residence when moving to, or within destination countries. Existing studies, however, focus on isolated factors, and we do not know whether political factors matter once have accounted for well-established determinants. This paper examines the extent to which such as voting rights foreign citizens, citizenship policies popular support right-populist parties, influence internal mobility decisions newly-arrived immigrants,...

A key question regarding the ongoing process of digitalization is whether it enables societies to overcome patterns inequality or these are fostered in digital sphere. The a...