Opposition to civil rights for legal migrants in central and Eastern Europe: Cross-national comparisons and explanations

East European Politics and Societies

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 146-164

  Coenders, Marcel ^a   Lubbers, Marcel ^a   Scheepers, Peer ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Civil rights; Cross national research; East versus west; Ethnic exclusionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 65149085857     PISSN: 08883254     EISSN: 15338371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0888325408327847     Document Type: Article

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