Policies and public opinion towards immigrants: the Spanish case

Zapata Barrero, Ricard

doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01419870802302280

Policies and public opinion towards immigrants: the Spanish case

Citation

Zapata, R. Policies and public opinion towards immigrants: the Spanish case. Ethn Racial Stud. 2009 Jul 27;32(7): 1101-20. DOI: 10.1080/01419870802302280

Abstract

By tackling negative opinions towards immigration we can create a basis to orientate policies that seek to reduce them. My purpose is to highlight that the analysis of immigration in Spain exemplifies a clear link between policies and public opinion. It is this link that is at the basis of what I will call the ambivalence of Spanish public opinion, when border and integration issues are compared.