Support for Resettling Refugees: The Role of Fixed Versus Growth Mind-Sets

In six studies ( N = 2,340), we identified one source of people’s differential support for resettling refugees in their country—their beliefs about whether the kind of person someone is can be changed (i.e., a growth mind-set) or is fixed (i.e., a fixed mind-set). U.S. and UK citizens who believed that the kind of person someone is can be changed were more likely to support resettling refugees in their country (Studies 1 and 2). Study 3 identified a causal relationship between the type of mind-set people hold and their support for resettling refugees. Importantly, people with a growth mind-set were more likely to believe that refugees can assimilate in the host society but not that they should assimilate, and the belief that refugees can assimilate mediated the relationship between people’s mind-sets and their support for resettling refugees (Studies 4–6). The findings identify an important antecedent of people’s support for resettling refugees and provide novel insights into the science of mind-sets.

Continuidad y renovación en la acción colectiva de los ganaderos familiares del litoral noroeste de Uruguay

La ganadería uruguaya ha brindado la imagen de productores independientes, aislados en explotaciones dispersas, sin organizaciones o colectivos que los agrupen. Sin embargo, es frecuente que los ganaderos familiares estén integrados a una o varias formas de colectivos de diversa naturaleza. Las transformaciones de los últimos años han desafiado a los Gobiernos de izquierda a encontrar herramientas adecuadas para aplicar políticas y apoyos diferenciales a ganaderos familiares, que permitan mejorar su competitividad y sostenibilidad. Una de ellas ha sido fomentar procesos asociativos, como eje transversal. Este estudio identifica y clasifica formas de acción colectiva existentes en el litoral noroeste del país, analizando los procesos a través de los cuales los individuos se implican en la acción colectiva. Mediante la consulta de fuentes secundarias y la realización de entrevistas, se identificaron cuatro formas de acción colectiva. Con base en ellas se observó que, para los ganaderos familiares, pasar de la acción individual a la colectiva fortalece los procesos de construcción de capital social, generando un ambiente favorable para que los involucrados mejoren sus condiciones económicas y sociales, e incluso modifiquen su situación de “debilidad” organizativa. AbstractUruguayan cattle raising has provided the image of independent cattle farmers, isolated in scattered exploitations, without organizations or groups. However, reality shows that it is common for family cattle farmers to be integrated into one or several forms of groups of diverse nature. The transformations that have occurred in recent years have challenged left Governments to find the right tools to apply policies and differential support to family cattle farmers, which allows them to improve their competitiveness and sustainability. One of the strategies is the promotion of associative processes as a transversal axis. This study identifies and classifies existing forms of collectives in the northwest coast of the country, analyzing the processes through which individuals are involved in collective action. The identification of four types of collective action is the result of the review of secondary sources and the interviews conducted. This reveals that, for family cattle farmers, moving from individual to collective action strengthens the processes of building social capital, generating a favorable environment for those involved to improve their economic and social conditions, and even modify their organizational "weakness" situation.