Zapata Barrero, Ricard2019-01-082019-01-082009Zapata, R. Policies and public opinion towards immigrants: the Spanish case. Ethn Racial Stud. 2009 Jul 27;32(7): 1101-20. DOI: 10.1080/014198708023022800141-9870http://hdl.handle.net/10230/36216By 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.application/pdfeng© This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Ethnic and Racial Studies on 27 Jul 2009, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/01419870802302280info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01419870802302280Public opinionSpainImmigration policiesGovernanceNegative perceptionCitizen's attitudeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess