Research on Diversity and Solidarity
How do people think about their political community and the people who are part of it? My research focuses on how intergroup attitudes influence the types of policies people endorse. I am particularly interested in the activation of prejudicial attitudes and their effect on policy attitudes, especially related to redistributive policies and immigration, as well as conceptions of national identity and its interplay with racial, ethnic and immigrant-driven diversity.
To learn more about my work in this area, here is some of my published work on this theme.
2025 Allison Harell, Keith Banting & Will Kymlicka. Inclusive Redistribution and Perceptions of Membership: A Cross-National Comparison. Comparative Political Studies. (firstview). https://doi.org/10.1177/00104140251342924
2025 Allison Harell & Christian Albrekt Larsen. Why are minorities poor? Cross-Atlantic explanations for poverty and public support for redistribution. Journal of European Social Policy, 35(3), 298-312. https://doi.org/10.1177/09589287251331567
2025 Christopher Alcantara, Allison Harell, Megan Kelly Payler & Laura Stephenson. Determinants of Attitudes Toward Indigenous Reconciliation Policies. Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Politics. (firstview) https://doi.org/10.1017/rep.2025.30
2025 Seyoung Jung, Allison Harell, Karen Neilsen Briedahl & Laura Stephenson. Race, Immigration Status, and the Nature of Government Interactions. Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Politics. pp. 1-23 https://doi.org/10.1017/rep.2024.31
2025 Linda Basile, Keith Banting & Allison Harell. Newcomers in Regions: Exploring the Impact of Regional Dynamics in Support for Inclusive Redistribution Across Europe. In Olivier Jacques and Alain Noel (eds). Territories of Inequality: How Federalism and Redistribution Interact. McGill-Queen’s Press, pp. 131-162.
2024 Irene Bloemraad, Allison Harell & Nicolas A. R. Fraser. Categorical Inequalities and Canadian Attitudes toward Positive and Negative Rights. Canadian Journal of Political Science. 57(2): 231-253. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008423924000076
2024 Mia Carbone, Allison Harell & Stuart Soroka. Critical Race Theory: How Policy Language Differentially Engages Symbolic Racism and Partisanship. Perspectives on Politics. 22(3): 659-670. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1537592724000240 .
2023 Marco Mendoza Aviña, Vincent Arel-Bundock, André Blais, Rita De La Feria & Allison Harell. Outgroup Bias and the Unacceptability of Tax Fraud. Political Studies Review. 22(1): 223-231. https://doi.org/10.1177/14789299231162017
2022 Keith Banting, Allison Harell & Will Kymlicka. Nationalism, Membership and the Politics of Minority Claims-Making. Canadian Journal of Political Science, 55(3): 537-560. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008423922000403
2022 Allison Harell & Robert Hinckley. Racial Attitudes and Opposition to Immigration. Cameron Anderson & Mathieu Turgeon (eds). Comparative Public Opinion. Routledge. pp. 331-348.
2022 Allison Harell, Will Kymlicka & Keith Banting. Boundaries of Generosity: Membership, Inclusion and Redistribution. in Markus Crepaz (ed.) Handbook on Migration and Welfare. Edward Elgar. pp. 102-117.
2021 Allison Harell, Keith Banting, Will Kymlicka & Rebecca Wallace. Shared Membership Beyond National Identity: Deservingness and Solidarity in Diverse Societies. Political Studies. 70(4): 983-1005 https://doi.org/10.1177/0032321721996939
2021 Allison Harell & Evan Lieberman. How Information about Race-Based Health Disparities Affects Policy Preferences: Evidence from a Survey Experiment about the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States. Social Science and Medicine. 277.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113884
2021 Allison Harell, Robert Hinckley & Jordan Mansell. Valuing Liberty or Equality? Empathetic Personality and Political Intolerance of Harmful Speech. Frontiers in Political Science. 3:663858.https://doi.org/10.3389/fpos.2021.663858
2020 Keith Banting, Will Kymlicka, Allison Harell & Rebecca Wallace. Beyond National Identity: Liberal Nationalism, Shared Membership and Solidarity. In Gina Gustavsson & David Miller (eds.) Liberal Nationalism and Its Critics: Normative and Empirical Questions. Oxford University Press, pp 205-225.
2019 Nicholas Valentino, John Ishiyama, Stuart Soroka, Shanto Iyengar, Toril Aalberg, Raymond Duch, Marta Fraile, Kyu Hahn, Allison Harell, Marc Helbling, Simon Jackman & Tetsuro Kobayashi. Economic and Cultural Drivers of Immigrant Support Worldwide. British Journal of Political Science. 49(4): 1201-1226. https://doi.org/doi:10.1017/S000712341700031X
2017 Allison Harell, Stuart Soroka & Shanto Iyengar. Locus of Control and Support for Immigration in Canada, the US and the UK. Political Psychology. 38(2): 245-260. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12338
2016 Dietlind Stolle, Allison Harell, Stuart Soroka & Jessica Benkhe. Religious Symbols, Multiculturalism and Policy Attitudes. Canadian Journal of Political Science. 49(2): 335-358. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008423916000561
2016 Allison Harell, Stuart Soroka & Shanto Iyengar. Racial Cues, Prejudice and Attitudes toward Redistribution: A Comparative Experimental Approach. European Journal of Political Research. 55(4): 723-744. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12158
2016 Stuart Soroka, Allison Harell & Shanto Iyengar. Heterogeneity in the Impact of Immigration on Social Welfare Spending. Gary Freedman (ed.) Elgar Handbook on Migration and Social Policy. Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 330-342.
2015 Allison Harell & Dietlind Stolle. Diversity and Social Cohesion. Steven Vertovec (ed.) Routledge International Handbook of Diversity Studies. New York: Routledge. Pp. 294-301.
2015 Dietlind Stolle & Allison Harell. The Consequences of Ethnic Diversity : Advancing the Debate. Ruud Koopmans, Bram Lancee and Merlin Schaeffer (eds.) Social Cohesion and Immigrant in Europe and North America. London: Routledge. Pp.105-122.
2015 Allison Harell. Measuring Outcomes: Youth and Interculturalism in the Classroom. Ricard Zapata-Barrero (ed.) Monitoring Interculturalism in Cities : Concept, Policy and Implementation. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., pp. 166-182.
2014 Allison Harell, Stuart Soroka & Kiera Ladner. Public Opinion, Prejudice and the Racialization of Welfare in Canada. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 37(14): 2580-2597. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2013.851396
2013 Shanto Iyengar, Simon Jackman, Solomon Messing, Nicholas Valentino, Toril Aalberg, Ray Duch, Stuart Soroka, Allison Harell & Tetsuro Kobayashi. Do Attitudes About Immigration Predict Willingness to Admit Individual Immigrants? A Cross-National Test of the Person-Positivity Bias. Public Opinion Quarterly. 77(3): 641-665. https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/nft024
2012 Allison Harell, Stuart Soroka, Shanto Iyengar & Nicholas Valentino. The Impact of Economic and Cultural Cues on Support for Immigration in Canada and the US. Canadian Journal of Political Science, 45(3): 499-530. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008423912000698
2011 Allison Harell & Dietlind Stolle. Reconciling Diversity and Community? Defining Social Cohesion in Democracies. M. Hooghe (ed.) Social Capital and Social Cohesion: Interdisciplinary Theoretical Perspectives. Brussels: Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts.
2010. Allison Harell, Elisabeth Gidengil, Stuart Soroka & Dietlind Stolle (guest editors). “Diversity and Democratic Politics.” Revue canadienne de science politique. 43(2).
2010 Allison Harell. The Limits of Tolerance in Diverse Societies: Hate Speech and Political Tolerance Norms Among Youth. Canadian Journal of Political Science. 43(2): 407-432. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008423910000107
2010 Allison Harell. Political Tolerance, Racist Speech and the Influence of Peer Networks. Social Science Quarterly. 91(3): 723-739. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6237.2010.00716.x
This research has been primarily supported by grants from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR).
