Attitudes towards immigration and egalitarian compromises in Europe

  • Antonio Martín Artiles Catedrático Departamento Sociología UAB. Instituto Estudios Trabajo
  • Gugleilmo Meardi Warwick University
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_POSO.2013.v50.n2.38221
Keywords: Attitudes, opinion, equality, solidarity, immigration, Welfare

Abstract

Attitudes of European citizens towards immigrants are restrictive. Restrictive attitudes are related to the unemployment rate and the risk of poverty as well as competition for jobs and welfare resources. National policies of social protection help reduce hostility to immigration because it reduces the risk of poverty and social inequality. However, ethnic and racial heterogeneity hamper "egalitarian commitment" essential for the sustainability of the welfare state. Strong unions and social protection policies contribute to the integration of immigrants (Sweden and Norway). By contrast, weak unions, social inequalities, unemployment, the risk of poverty and weak social protection contribute to the development of negative attitudes towards immigration (Greece, Hungary). The future sustainability of welfare depends on the participation of immigration as a political force.

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Author Biographies

Antonio Martín Artiles, Catedrático Departamento Sociología UAB. Instituto Estudios Trabajo

Antonio Martín Artiles es catedrático de Sociología del Trabajo en la

Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Miembro del Instituto de Estudios del Trabajo. Director del

Master en Política Social, Trabajo y Género. Sus últimaspublicaciones han sido, en colaboración:

“Trayectorias laborales y asimilaciónocupacional de la inmigración. “Revista Sociología del trabajo, nº

72, 2011;  “Movilidad ascendente dela inmigración en España.” Papers. Revista Sociología, 96/4, 1335-

166 (2011),; “Crisis, economic uncertainty and union members' attitudes towards immigration in

Europe.” Transfer:European Review of Labour and Research November 2011 17: 453 (2011),

“ Crisis and trade union challenges in Portugal and Spain: between general strikes and social pacts. 

Transfer: European Review ofLabour and Research August 2011 vol. 17no. 3 387-402,

Gugleilmo Meardi, Warwick University

Guglielmo Meardi es profesor de la Universidad de Warwick desde 1999, después de

haber estudiado en Italia, Francia y Polonia. Es co-editor

de "Warsaw Forum of Economic Sociology", y miembro del comité Editorial de las revistas "European

Journal of Industrial Relations", "Emecon", "Industrielle Beziehungen" and (until 2010) "Work,

Employment and Society". Sus publicaciones más recientes son:. Labour mobility, union immobility?

Trade Unions and migration in the EU. (Post)transformational migration: inequalities, welfare state, and

horizontal mobility. Ed. Nowak, M. and Nowosielski, M. Frankfurt/M: Peter Lang, 2011. 77-97. En

colaboración, MNC social transfers to CEE: British, US, Austrian and German Experiences

Reviewed. Globalising employment relations. Ed. Contrepois, S., Delteil, V., Dieuaide, P. and Jefferys, S.

Basingstoke; London: Palgrave, 2011. 29-44.; Understanding Trade Union Cultures. Industrielle

Beziehungen 18 (2011) (Published): 336-345. Flexicurity Meets State Traditions. International Journal

Of Comparative Labour Law And Industrial Relations 27 (2011) (Published): 255-270.

 

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Published
2013-09-11
How to Cite
Martín Artiles A. y Meardi G. (2013). Attitudes towards immigration and egalitarian compromises in Europe. Política y Sociedad, 50(2), 629-656. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_POSO.2013.v50.n2.38221
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Vol. 50 No. 2 (2013): Tras la estela de Norbert Elias
Section
Miscelaneus

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