Terror, resource gains and exclusionist political attitudes among new immigrants and veteran Israelis

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 997-1014

  Halperin, Eran ^a   Canetti, Daphna ^b   Hobfoll, Stevan E ^c   Johnson, Robert J ^d  

^a INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabs; Ethnic relations; Immigration; Intolerance; Israel; Terror

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; ETHNIC GROUP; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; TERRORISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 70449475306     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691830902957759     Document Type: Article

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