Explaining pro-immigrant sentiment in the U.S.: Social class, cosmopolitanism, and perceptions of immigrants

International Migration Review

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 489-507

  Haubert, Jeannie ^a   Fussell, Elizabeth ^b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CLASS; IMMIGRANT; PERCEPTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746521401     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: 17477379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2006.00033.x     Document Type: Article

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