Values and support for immigration: A cross-country comparison

European Sociological Review

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 583-599

  Davidov, Eldad ^a,b   Meuleman, Bart ^c   Billiet, Jaak ^c   Schmidt, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 56749158862     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcn020     Document Type: Article

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