British national party representations of muslims in the month after the London bombings: Homogeneity, threat, and the conspiracy tradition

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 707-726

  Wood, C ^a   Finlay, W M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BOMB; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; POLITICS; RELIGION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TERRORISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANXIETY; BOMBS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; ISLAM; LONDON; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; TERRORISM;

EID: 56749085681     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466607X264103     Document Type: Article

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