{"id":1562,"date":"2017-11-16T23:13:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T22:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swissmig.wordpress.com\/?p=1562"},"modified":"2017-11-16T23:13:12","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T22:13:12","slug":"what-actually-matters-understanding-attitudes-toward-immigration-in-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/?p=1562","title":{"rendered":"What Actually Matters? Understanding Attitudes toward Immigration in Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author(s) : Maya Ackermann, Markus Freitag<\/h3>\n

Source : http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1111\/spsr.12146<\/a><\/h3>\n

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On 9 February 2014, the Swiss people accepted the popular initiative \u201cagainst mass immigration\u201d launched by the national-conservative Swiss People’s Party (SVP). This voting outcome has triggered wide-ranging debates about both the policy on immigrants as well as the future of Switzerland within the European context. Against this background, we evaluate attitudes toward immigration in Switzerland. Using hitherto unexplored survey data of MOSAiCH, our empirical analyses show that already in the year 2013, before the debate about the initiative on mass immigration was in full swing, roughly 53 percent of the 1011 interviewed Swiss citizens stated that immigration should be reduced. Moreover, our estimations indicate that the threats and fears induced by immigration and the will to maintain sovereignty and autonomy are particularly relevant for attitudes toward immigration. By contrast, education and national or personal economic conditions are only weakly related to the immigration issue.<\/p>\n

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Die am 9. Februar 2014 angenommene Volksinitiative \u00fcber die Masseneinwanderung bewirkt eine tiefgreifende Debatte \u00fcber den zuk\u00fcnftigen Weg der Schweiz im europ\u00e4ischen Umfeld und in der Einwanderungspolitik. Vor diesem Hintergrund widmen wir uns in diesem Beitrag den Einstellungen der Schweizerinnen und Schweizer gegen\u00fcber der Immigration. Unsere Auswertungen des Datensatzes MOSAiCH 2013 zeigen, dass sich bereits ein Jahr vor der Abstimmung die H\u00e4lfte der Schweizer f\u00fcr eine Verringerung der Zuwanderung aussprach. Dar\u00fcber hinaus deuten unsere Ergebnisse darauf hin, dass insbesondere die durch die Immigration induzierten \u00c4ngste in der Bev\u00f6lkerung massgebend f\u00fcr die Haltung gegen\u00fcber der Zuwanderung sind. Wer sich um die Schweizer Kultur sorgt, seinen Arbeitsplatz gef\u00e4hrdet sieht und sich vor zunehmender Kriminalit\u00e4t f\u00fcrchtet, spricht sich f\u00fcr eine Begrenzung der Immigration aus. \u00c4hnliches gilt f\u00fcr die Wahrung nationaler Eigenst\u00e4ndigkeit. Wer gegen die politische Einmischung von aussen ist, lehnt die Zuwanderung ebenfalls ab. Der Bildungstand und Einsch\u00e4tzungen zur allgemeinen wie pers\u00f6nlichen wirtschaftlichen Lage spielen hingegen keine oder nur eine untergeordnete Rolle, wenn es um die Meinung der Schweizer zur Immigration geht.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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