Disentangling the causal relations of perceived group threat and outgroup derogation: Cross-national evidence from German and Russian panel surveys

European Sociological Review

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 567-581

  Schlueter, Elmar ^a   Schmidt, Peter ^b   Wagner, Ulrich ^c  

^a Research Unit 'Migration Integration Transnationalization

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 56749175349     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcn029     Document Type: Article

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