Policies and public opinion towards immigrants: the Spanish case

Ricard Zapata (1)

1 UPF - Universitat Pompeu Fabra [Barcelona]

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.

Mots clés: Social Sciences & Humanities

Ricard Zapata. Policies and public opinion towards immigrants: the Spanish case. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2009, 32 (7), pp.1101-1120. ⟨10.1080/01419870802302280⟩. ⟨hal-00516219⟩