Public Opinion on Multiculturalism: Assessing and Explaining the Gap Between Abstract Principles and Specific Policy Attitudes

• In Event: Public Opinion and Immigration Policy

Brief Overview

We argue that a key characteristic of public opinion on multiculturalism is ambivalence between abstract sentiment and specific policy support. We theorize and test this gap across policy contexts and individual attitudinal predispositions.

Authors

• Matthew Wright, University of British Columbia

• Richard Johnston, The University of British Columbia