Support for multiculturalism and minority rights: The role of national identification and out-group threat

Social Justice Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-52

  Verkuyten, Maykel ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Minority rights; Multiculturalism; National identification; Threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949127849     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11211-008-0087-7     Document Type: Article

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