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Social Dominance and the Cultural Politics of Immigration
Author(s) -
Newman Benjamin J.,
Hartman Todd K.,
Taber Charles S.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
political psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.419
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-9221
pISSN - 0162-895X
DOI - 10.1111/pops.12047
Subject(s) - dominance (genetics) , immigration , politics , social psychology , transaction cost , database transaction , sociology , political science , psychology , economics , microeconomics , law , biochemistry , chemistry , programming language , computer science , gene
We argue that conflict over immigration largely concerns who bears the burden of cultural transaction costs, which we define as the costs associated with overcoming cultural barriers (e.g., language) to social exchange. Our framework suggests that the ability of native‐born citizens to push cultural transaction costs onto immigrant out‐groups serves as an important expression of social dominance. In two novel studies, we demonstrate that social dominance motives condition emotional responses to encountering cultural transaction costs, shape engagement in cultural accommodation behavior toward immigrants, and affect immigration attitudes and policy preferences.