Ethnic diversity and generalized trust in Europe: A cross-national multilevel study

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 198-223

  Hooghe, Marc ^a   Reeskens, Tim ^a   Stolle, Dietlind ^b   Trappers, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethnic diversity; European Social Survey; Generalized trust; Immigration; Multilevel modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149162982     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414008325286     Document Type: Article

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