Blame discourse versus realistic conflict as explanations of ethnic tension in urban neighborhoods

Political Communication

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 273-291

  Romer, Daniel ^a   Jamieson, Kathleen H ^a   Riegner, Catharine ^a   Emori, Mika ^a   Rouson, Brigette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict Theories; Discourse; Immigration; Keywords Blaming; Racial Tension; Urban Neighborhoods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031286144     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/105846097199326     Document Type: Article

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