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Debating Immigration in the Age of Terrorism, Polarization, and Trump.

Woods, Joshua.

Debating Immigration in the Age of Terrorism, Polarization, and Trump. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (215 pages)

Cover -- Debating Immigration in the Age of Terrorism, Polarization, and Trump -- Debating Immigration in the Age of Terrorism, Polarization, and Trump -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Social Amplification Of Immigration Threat -- Chapter Summary -- Note -- Chapter 1 -- Grand Contradictions -- The Number Of Unauthorized Immigrants -- Immigrants And Crime -- Immigrants And Terrorism -- Economic Effects Of Immigration -- Cultural Impact -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 2 -- The Perceived Threat of Terrorism and the Authoritarian Turn in Attitudes toward Immigration -- 9/11 And The Culture Of Perceived Threat -- The Effects Of Perceived Threat On Attitudes Toward Immigration -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 3 -- The News Media, Terrorism, and the Immigration Threat Nexus -- Notes -- Chapter 4 -- The President Goes Negative -- The Contextual Presidency: A Theoretical Framework -- Qualitative Analysis Of Party Platforms And Presidential Rhetoric -- A Quantitative Content Analysis Of Presidential Rhetoric -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 5 -- Congressional Hearings -- 9/11 And The Authoritarian Turn In Immigration Policy -- Data And Sources -- Empirical Model -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 6 -- The Partisan Fear of Terrorism, the Polarization of Immigration Attitudes, and the 2016 Presidential Campaign -- Debating Immigration In An Echo Chamber -- Congressional Gridlock -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Authors.

Debating Immigration utilizes a theoretically informed framework for analyzing the multifaceted immigration debate before and after 9/11 in the age of terrorism, political polarization, and authoritarianism.

9781498535229


United States--Emigration and immigration.


Electronic books.

JV6465.W66 2017

325.73

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