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  • The impact of intergroup contact on attitudes towards immigrants: a case study of Australia

    Author(s)
    Guan, Qing
    Pietsch, Juliet
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Pietsch, Juliet
    Year published
    2021
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    Abstract
    As global efforts to address COVID-19 become more urgent, the public discourse on attitudes towards immigrants has also become more polarized. In such a heightened social and political context, we study the impact of intergroup contact in political jurisdictions with different shares of minority populations. Drawing on data from the Australian Election Study and the Census, we find that less intergroup contact with neighbours from minority birthplace, language and citizenship backgrounds is correlated with higher anti-immigrant sentiments. These results have significant implications for immigrant-receiving countries with ...
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    As global efforts to address COVID-19 become more urgent, the public discourse on attitudes towards immigrants has also become more polarized. In such a heightened social and political context, we study the impact of intergroup contact in political jurisdictions with different shares of minority populations. Drawing on data from the Australian Election Study and the Census, we find that less intergroup contact with neighbours from minority birthplace, language and citizenship backgrounds is correlated with higher anti-immigrant sentiments. These results have significant implications for immigrant-receiving countries with existing legislation and policies that direct immigrants to move to areas of lower population density, lower presence of immigrants, and less previous exposure to international migration. The evidence presented in this study suggests that without sufficient political and policy sensitization to the issues for immigrants living in these areas, there could be detrimental social and political impacts to both immigrants and society more generally.
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    Journal Title
    Ethnic and Racial Studies
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2021.2007277
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    This publication has been entered as an advanced online version in Griffith Research Online.
    Subject
    Sociology
    Social Sciences
    Ethnic Studies
    Migration
    intergroup contact
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/411525
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