Contemporary Immigration: Psychological Perspectives to Address Challenges and Inform Solutions

International migration is a significant global issue, with around 28 million people living outside their home countries in 2020. This book explores the psychological aspects of immigration, including gentrification, "crimmigration," and trust between immigrants and host-society authorities. It provides psychological reports of the immigration experience in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and South America and offers practical solutions to problems of contemporary immigration.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 341 pages
Publication date: 13 September 2022
Publisher: American Psychological Association

There were approximately 28 million international migrants worldwide in 2019, constituting nearly 4% of the global population. However, in the coming decades, these numbers are expected to increase significantly due to ongoing conflict, violence, political instability, and the impacts of climate change. This book takes a comprehensive approach to psychological science, encompassing both causal and normative behavior, to explore various aspects of immigration, including gentrification, "crimmigration," and trust between immigrants and host-society authorities. While some individuals perceive immigrants as a threat to the established population's jobs, standard of living, communities, culture, language, and safety, others view them as providing economic benefits to society, including new sources of labor and consumption, as well as new technical skills and knowledge. While most immigrants leave their home countries in search of job opportunities, millions of others have been forced to leave due to conflict, extreme violence, political instability, and climate change. The authors in this book present psychological reports of the immigration experience in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and South America, and address the challenges of integrating immigrants and refugees into host societies. While critically assessing the immigration crisis globally, this book offers practical solutions to contemporary immigration problems based on theoretical constructs such as the contact hypothesis and the common group identity model, while also highlighting key areas of ongoing and future research.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781433836275