When contact with immigrants matters: Threat, interethnic attitudes and foreigner exclusionism in Spain's Comunidades Autónomas

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-69

  Escandell, Xavier ^a   Ceobanu, Alin M ^a  

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Author keywords

Contact hypothesis; Foreigner exclusionism; Immigrants; Immigration; Interethnic attitudes; Spain

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; AFRICAN IMMIGRANT; ETHNICITY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; IMMIGRATION; LATINO PEOPLE; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 57149089462     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870701846924     Document Type: Article

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