Public Attitudes toward Immigration in the United States, France, and Germany

"Immigration serves as a lightning rod for populist politics in many liberal democracies and nativism has been rising in Europe and the United States. Yet there is a vast gap in our knowledge of public attitudes toward immigration. By carefully weighing economic and cultural explanations for anti-immigrant attitudes and behavior, Joel Fetzer's book goes a long way towards filling this gap. Anyone who wants to understand the politics of immigration should read this book." Professor James F. Hollifield, Southern Methodist University

• 1. Marginality, economic self-interest, and contact; Part I. Historical Analysis: 2. History of attitudes toward immigration in the United States; 3. History of attitudes toward immigration in France; 4. History of attitudes toward immigration in Germany; Part II. Quantitative Analysis: 5. Over-time opposition to immigration and support for nativist political movements; 6. Recent attitudes toward immigration in the United States; 7. Recent attitudes toward immigration in France; 8. Recent attitudes toward immigration in Germany; 9. Culture, nationality, and the future of nativism.