Politicians who genuinely seek to build trust between communities and in the political system will get nowhere by casting immigration as a threat
Diamond, Patrick; and Jaffer, Nabeelah
(2012)
Politicians who genuinely seek to build trust between communities and in the political system will get nowhere by casting immigration as a threat
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Patrick Diamond and Nabeelah Jaffer argue that politicians should be wary of legitimising ideas of immigration as a constant threat. Pandering to populist polemic will only raise expectations of a solution that Government cannot provide and does nothing to address underlying socio-economic problems.
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