The political culture of the 1990s immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Israel and their views toward the indigenous Arab minority: A case of ethnocratic multiculturalism

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 681-696

  Al Haj, Majid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arabs; Civil culture; Ethnocracy; Immigration; Israel; Multiculturalism

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; ETHNIC MINORITY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; MULTICULTURALISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 3242720742     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691830410001699513     Document Type: Article

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