UK responses to the asylum issue: A comparison of lay and expert views

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-155

  Pearce, Julia M ^a   Stockdale, Janet E ^b  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asylum seekers; Media portrayals; Social representations; Thematic analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649092586     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.982     Document Type: Article

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