Cultural values and attitudes toward immigrants and multiculturalism: The case of the Eurobarometer survey on racism and xenophobia

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 799-810

  Leong, Chan Hoong ^a   Ward, Colleen ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Eurobarometer; Immigrants; Multiculturalism; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750076033     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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