Research > Immigration Diversity & the Welfare State

My research in this area has drawn on techniques in political communication, psychology and behavior to understand the sources and nature of public attitudes towards immigration and redistributive politics. Published research is listed (beginning with the most recent) below.

• Mia Carbone, Allison Harell and Stuart Soroka. N.d. “Critical Race Theory: How Policy Language Differentially Engages Symbolic Racism and Partisanship,” Perspectives on Politics.

• Guadalupe Madrigal and Stuart Soroka. 2023. “Migrants, Caravans, and the Impact of News Photos on Immigration Attitudes,” The International Journal of Press/Politics 28(1): 49-69.

• Keith Banting and Stuart Soroka. 2020. “A Distinctive Culture? The Sources of Public Support for Immigration in Canada, 1980–2019,” Canadian Journal of Political Science 53(4): 821-838.

• Nicholas Valentino et al. 2019. “Economic and Cultural Drivers of Immigrant Support Worldwide,”British Journal of Political Science 24(3): 269-292.

• Tobias Konitzer, Shanto Iyengar, Nicholas Valentino, Stuart Soroka and Ray Duch. 2019. “Ethnocentrism versus Group Specific Stereotyping in Immigration Opinion: Cross-National Evidence on the Distinctiveness of Immigrant Groups,” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 45(7): 1051-1074.

• Stuart Soroka, Matthew Wright, Richard Johnston, Jack Citrin, Keith Banting and Will Kymlicka.2017. “Ethnoreligious Identity, Immigration and Redistribution,” Journal of Experimental Political Science 4(3): 173-182.

• Allison Harell, Stuart Soroka and Shanto Iyengar.2017. “Locus of Control and Anti-Immigrant Sentiment in Canada, the US and UK.” Political Psychology 38(2): 245-260.

• Matthew Wright, Richard Johnston, Jack Citrin and Stuart Soroka. 2017. “Multiculturalism and Muslim Accommodation: Policy and Predisposition Across Three Political Contexts,” Comparative Political Studies 50(1): 102-132.

• Allison Harell, Stuart Soroka and Shanto Iyengar. 2016. “Race, Prejudice and Attitudes toward Redistribution: A Comparative Experimental Approach.” European Journal of Political Research 55(4): 723–744.

• Stuart Soroka, Allison Harell and Shanto Iyengar. 2016. “Heterogeneity in the Impact of Immigration on Social Welfare Spending,” in Handbook on Migration and Social Policy, Gary Freeman, ed., Elgar Publishing.

• Dietlind Stolle, Allison Harell, Stuart Soroka and Jessica Behnke. 2016. “Religious Symbols, Multiculturalism and Policy Attitudes,” Canadian Journal of Political Science, 49(2): 335-358.

• Stuart Soroka, Richard Johnston, Anthony Kevins, Keith Banting and Will Kymlicka. 2016. “Migration and Welfare State Spending,” European Political Science Review 8(2): 173-194.

• Allison Harell, Stuart Soroka and Kiera Ladner. 2013. “ Public Opinion, Prejudice and the Racialization of Welfare in Canada.” Ethnic and Racial Studies 37(14): 2580-2597. Also released as an Editors Pick in a Virtual Special Issue, here.

• Keith Banting, Stuart Soroka and Edward Koning. 2013. “Multicultural Diversity and Redistribution,” in Inequality and the Fading of Redistributive Politics, Keith Banting and John Myles, eds., Vancouver: UBC Press.

• Shanto Iyengar, Simon Jackman, Solomon Messing et al. 2013. “Do Attitudes About Immigration Predict Willingness to Admit Individual Immigrants? A Cross-National Test of the Person-Positivity Bias,” Public Opinion Quarterly 77(3): 641-665.

• Stuart Soroka, Allison Harell and Shanto Iyengar. 2013. “Racial cues and attitudes toward redistribution : a comparative experimental approach,” EUI Working Paper RSCAS 2013/59.

• Allison Harell, Stuart Soroka, Shanto Iyengar and Nicholas Valentino. 2012. “The Impact of Economic and Cultural Cues on Support for Immigration in Canada and the US,” Canadian Journal of Political Science 45(3); 499-530.

• Keith Banting, Will Kymlicka, Richard Johnston and Stuart Soroka. 2011. “Are Diversity and Solidarity Incompatible?” InRoads: The Canadian Journal of Opinion 28: 36-48.

• Richard Johnston, Keith Banting, Will Kymlicka and Stuart Soroka. 2010. “National Identity and Support for the Welfare State,” Canadian Journal of Political Science 43(2): 349-377.

• Allison Harell and Stuart Soroka. 2010. “Race of Recipient and Support for Welfare in Canada.” Working Paper 2010s-42, CIRANO, Scientific Series.

• Dietlind Stolle, Stuart Soroka and Richard Johnston. 2008. “When Does Diversity Erode Trust? Neighbourhood Diversity, Interpersonal Trust, and Mediating Effect of Social Interactions,” Political Studies. 56(1): 57-75.

• Stuart Soroka, John Helliwell and Richard Johnston. 2007. “Measuring and Modelling Trust,” in Fiona Kay and Richard Johnston, eds., Social Capital, Diversity and the Welfare State, Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia Press.

• Stuart Soroka, Richard Johnston and Keith Banting. 2007. “Ethnicity, Trust and the Welfare State,” in Fiona Kay and Richard Johnston, eds., Social Capital, Diversity and the Welfare State, Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia Press.

• Stuart Soroka, Richard Johnston and Keith Banting. 2007. “Ties that Bind: Social Cohesion and Diversity in Canada,” In Keith Banting, Thomas J. Courchene and F. Leslie Seidle, eds., The Art of the State III: Belonging? Diversity, Recognition and Shared Citizenship in Canada. Montreal: Institute for Research in Public Policy.

• Keith Banting, Will Kymlicka, Richard Johnston and Stuart Soroka. 2006. “Do Multiculturalism Policies erode the welfare state? An empirical analysis”, Pp. 49-91 in Keith Banting and Will Kymlicka, eds., Multiculturalism and the Welfare State: Recognition and Redistribution in Advanced Democracies (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006).

• Stuart Soroka, Richard Johnston and Keith Banting. 2006. “Immigration and Redistribution in a Global Era,” in Sam Bowles, Pranab Bardhan and Michael Wallerstein, eds., Globalization and Egalitarian Redistribution, Princeton University Press and Russell Sage Foundation.

• Stuart Soroka, Richard Johnston and Keith Banting. 2005. “Ethnicity, Trust and the Welfare State,” Pp. 33-57 in Philippe Van Parijs, ed., Cultural Diversity versus Economic Solidarity, Brussels: Deboeck University.

• Richard Johnston and Stuart Soroka. 2001. “Social Capital in a Multicultural Society: The Case of Canada,” Pp. 30-44 in Paul Dekker and Eric M. Uslaner, eds., Social Capital and Participation in Everyday Life, London: Routledge.