From a Distance: Geographic Proximity, Partisanship, and Public Attitudes toward the U.S.–Mexico Border Wall

2019 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 740-754
Author(s):  
Jeronimo Cortina
Keyword(s):  
Direct Contact ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Geographic Distance ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
Geographic Proximity ◽  
Mexico Border ◽  
Immigration Debate ◽  
Dynamic Filter ◽  
The U.S

The wall along the U.S.–Mexico border has become one of the most controversial issues in the immigration debate. Although the American public is often aligned with partisan predispositions, often ignored is the role that geographic distance to the border plays in forming attitudes. This paper explores the role of proximity, partisanship, and their interaction as determinants of public attitudes toward the border wall. This paper argues that geographic distance has two effects on public attitudes: as a catalyst for direct contact and as a dynamic filter that shapes how people process information and understand a particular place or policy. Using geocoded survey data from 2017, this paper shows that as the distance to the U.S.–Mexico border increases, Republicans are more likely to support building a wall along the entire border with Mexico due to a lack of direct contact, supplanting direct information with partisan beliefs.

Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Michael J. Rosenfeld
Keyword(s):  
Coming Out ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Public Attitude ◽  
Marriage Equality ◽  
National Movements ◽  
Attitudes Toward Marriage ◽  
Key Events ◽  
The U.S

Chapter 1 presents an overview of how the movement for marriage equality was victorious in the U.S. and why public attitudes toward marriage equality changed more than any other public attitude in American history. The chapter offers a brief explanation of the role of individuals coming out of the closet and an explanation for why national movements need to be studied with national survey data as opposed to focusing only on movement leaders. A time line of key events considers the background of public opinion support for gay rights in order to identify when attitudes began to change and which events were proximate to the change in attitudes.

scholarly journals Governance in Imperial County and Mexicali at the U.S.–Mexico Border during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-41
Author(s):  
Kimberly Collins
Keyword(s):  
Public Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Imperial Valley ◽  
Mexico Border ◽  
United States Mexico ◽  
Border Population ◽  
The U.S

The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly impacted the lives of those living in the United States–Mexico border. From the Imperial Valley–Mexicali region, along the California– Baja California border, we find two interesting cases in public management that were impacted by the border population—medical care and informal importation of consumer goods. A lack of federal policy and guidance to improve the quality of life for people in the region leads us to rethink the role of governments and governance in the border region. 

Geographic proximity between lender and borrower: how does it affect crowdfunding?

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 462-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hakwoon Kim ◽  
Jooyoung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rates ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Geographic Distance ◽  
Default Probability ◽  
Geographic Proximity ◽  
Ongoing Debate ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Internet Age ◽  
Informational Advantage

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of geographic distance in crowdfunding. Design/methodology/approach Under the assumption that investors are more likely to be attracted to local borrowers, this paper investigates whether this phenomenon is because of affinity or an informational advantage. The authors define a local investor as an investor who is from the same US state as the borrower. Findings The paper finds that loans offered by local investors have lower interest rates and a lower default probability. In addition, when the level of local investment is highest, the effects of informational advantage are strengthened. Research limitations/implications Overall, the evidence of this paper suggests that local investors have an informational advantage over more geographically distant investors. Originality/value This paper contributes to the ongoing debate regarding whether geographic distance continues to be important in the internet age.

scholarly journals How Misconduct Spreads: Auditors’ Role in the Diffusion of Stock-option Backdating

2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 310-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aharon Mohliver
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Stock Option ◽  
Legal Environment ◽  
Geographic Proximity ◽  
Local Networks ◽  
Audit Firm ◽  
External Auditors ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
The U.S

I study the role of external auditors in the diffusion of stock-option backdating in the U.S. to explore the role of professional experts in the diffusion of innovative practices that subvert stakeholders’ interests. Practices that are eventually accepted as misconduct may emerge as liminal practices—ethically and legally questionable but not clearly illegitimate or outlawed—and not be categorized as misconduct until social control agents notice, scrutinize, and react to them. I examine how the role of external auditors in the diffusion of stock-option backdating changed as the practice shifted from liminality to being illegal and illegitimate. The findings suggest that professional experts’ involvement in the diffusion of liminal practices is highly responsive to the institutional environment. Initially, professional experts diffuse these practices via local networks, but when the legal environment becomes more stringent, implying that the practice will become illegitimate, experts reverse their role and extinguish the practice. The larger network remains largely uninvolved in both diffusing and extinguishing the liminal practice until the practice is publicly exposed and labeled as illegal and illegitimate. The findings further show that the diffusion and then extinguishing of backdating before it was outlawed depended on the adopter’s geographic proximity to a local office of a complacent expert and on the absence of traceable communication about backdating between these offices. This combination set the stage for each office to develop independent views about backdating, leading some offices to view backdating favorably and diffuse it, and others to view it unfavorably and curtail it—even at the same time and within the same audit firm. This study contributes to research on the diffusion of misconduct by providing insight into the role of professional experts and the mechanisms and boundary conditions governing that role.

The Role of Cultural Inertia in Reactions to Immigration on the U.S./Mexico Border

2010 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Zárate ◽  
Moira P. Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Mexico Border ◽  
The U.S
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