What does a nation owe non-citizens? National attachments, perception of threat and attitudes towards granting citizenship rights in a comparative perspective

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

Volumn 49, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 195-220

  Raijman, Rebeca ^a   Davidov, Eldad ^b,c   Schmidt, Peter ^d   Hochman, Oshrat ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Chauvinism; Citizenship; Immigration; Patriotism; Threat

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; NATIONALISM; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

ASIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERMANY; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 43149086844     PISSN: 00207152     EISSN: 17452554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020715208088912     Document Type: Article

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