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1 online resource (xiv, 341 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1 Immigration: Psychological Perspectives on Challenges and Solutions -- Part I Immigration in Local Community Context -- Chapter 2 Immigration to Smaller Urban and Rural Communities: Challenges and Opportunities -- Chapter 3 (Not) In My Backyard! Threat Perceptions, Psychological Well-Being, and Collective Action Against Refugee Settlement -- Chapter 4 A Mural Cannot Replace Us: Immigrants, Gentrification, and Displacement -- Part II Immigration in a National Context -- Chapter 5 Welcoming New Members: Conflicting Reactions to Immigration -- Chapter 6 Immigrants as Threat and Opportunity: The Australian Experience -- Chapter 7 Attitude Polarization and Closed-Mindedness: The Immigration Issue in Malta From 2010 to 2020 -- Chapter 8 Greek Talk on Migration: Constructions of Modernity Differentials and Cultural Hierarchy -- Chapter 9 Immigration Through a Cultural Prism: Characteristics and Challenges -- Chapter 10 National Identity and Immigration: Threat From Undocumented Immigrants in the United States -- Chapter 11 The Injustices of Crimmigration: Discretion, Detention, and Deportation -- Part III Immigration in an International Context -- Chapter 12 Immigration to Chile in a Regional Context -- Chapter 13 Social Trust Among Refugees: Using a Human Rights Lens to Understand Refugee Experiences -- Chapter 14 From Crimmigration to [Re]integration Following the Removal of "Undesirable" People From Australia to New Zealand -- Chapter 15 The Equality-Difference Paradox: National Policies on Pluralism -- Part IV Looking Ahead -- Chapter 16 Toward Solutions for Harmonious Immigrant Integration: A Psychological Perspective -- Index -- About the Editors. |
| Summary |
""Gang members, criminals, freeloaders, threats to our country!" "Hard-working, devoted to the family, essential for our country!" In the early decades of the 21st century, sharply divided visions have emerged of immigrants and their role in society, not just in the United States but also in the European Union (EU) and other parts of the world. While solutions to the immigration crisis have been explored by political scientists, economists, and other experts, there is a need for greater contributions from psychologists. The chapters in this book contain psychological reports of the immigration experience globally and highlight solutions provided by psychological science to illustrate how immigrants can add to the economic and cultural strength and dynamism of the host society. This book also critically explores the important themes that characterize the psychology of immigration literature with the goal of further developing the contributions of psychological science to address the challenges and inform solutions to contemporary immigration globally"-- Provided by publisher. |
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"There were around 281 million international migrants throughout the world in 2020, nearly 4% of the global population. In the decades to come, thanks to ongoing conflict, violence, political instability and the effects of climate change, these numbers will only rise.This book adopts a broad perspective of psychological science, encompassing both causal and normative behavior, to explore topics related to immigration including gentrification, "crimmigration," and trust between immigrants and host-society authorities.To some, immigrants represent a threat to the established population's jobs, standard of living, communities, culture, language, and safety. Others view immigrants as offering economic benefits to society including new sources of labor and consumption, and new technical skills and knowledge--not to mention the economic and personal benefits immigrants and their families might gain as well.While most immigrants leave their home countries for job opportunities, millions of others have been driven away due to conflict, extreme violence, political instability, and climate change.Authors in this book provide psychological reports of the immigration experience in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and South America, and address the challenges of integrating immigrants and refugees in host societies.While critically assessing the immigration crisis globally, this book offers practical solutions to problems of contemporary immigration derived from theoretical constructs such as the contact hypothesis and the common group identity model, while also highlighting key areas of ongoing and future research"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 13, 2022). |
| Subject |
Emigration and immigration -- Psychological aspects.
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PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration.
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Emigration and immigration -- Psychological aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00908712
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| Added Author |
Moghaddam, Fathali M., editor.
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Hendricks, Margaret J., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Contemporary immigration Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2022] 9781433836275 (DLC) 2021055821 |
| ISBN |
9781433840265 electronic book |
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143384026X electronic book |
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9781433836275 paperback |
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