Journal article

Publication year: 2008

Pages: 195-220

Journal: International Journal of Comparative Sociology

Volume number: 49

Issue number: 2-3

ISSN: 0020-7152

eISSN: 1745-2554

Open access status: Green

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1177/0020715208088912

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Abstract: 
In this article we test the effects of national attachments (patriotism and chauvinism) and perception of threat on citizens' willingness to concede citizenship rights to immigrants in France, Germany (West and East), the USA and Israel. Our findings show that despite marked differences in countries' migration policies and conceptions of nationhood, no significant differences were found in attitudes towards the allocation of citizenship rights to immigrants. Furthermore, our analysis suggests that contrary to our expectations, 1) the effects of both chauvinism and patriotism on willingness to grant citizenship rights to immigrants were rather low in Germany and Israel - the two ethno-national states, and strongest in France and the USA - which stand for republican and multicultural models of incorporation, respectively; 2) the effects of threat on exclusion of immigrants from citizenship rights was weaker in Israel (ethnic democracy) but stronger in the liberal democratic countries. In the conclusion, we suggest possible explanations for these rather intriguing and paradoxical findings.

Harvard Citation style: Raijman, R., Davidov, E., Schmidt, P. and Hochman, O. (2008) What Does a Nation Owe Non-Citizens? National Attachments, Perception of Threat and Attitudes towards Granting Citizenship Rights in a Comparative Perspective, International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 49(2-3), pp. 195-220. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020715208088912

APA Citation style: Raijman, R., Davidov, E., Schmidt, P., & Hochman, O. (2008). What Does a Nation Owe Non-Citizens? National Attachments, Perception of Threat and Attitudes towards Granting Citizenship Rights in a Comparative Perspective. International Journal of Comparative Sociology. 49(2-3), 195-220. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020715208088912