Support for repatriation policies of migrants: Comparisons across and explanations for European countries

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

Volumn 49, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 175-194

  Coenders, Marcel ^a   Lubbers, Marcel ^a   Scheepers, Peer ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cross national comparisons; Europe; Exclusionism; Support migration policies

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRATION POLICY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; REPATRIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 43149088013     PISSN: 00207152     EISSN: 17452554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020715208088911     Document Type: Article

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