The anti-immigrant fervor in Georgia: Return of the nativist or just politics as usual?

Politics and Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-80

  Sabia, Debra ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Georgia politics; Immigration; Migration; U.S. Local politics

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRATION; IMMIGRATION POLICY; LITERATURE REVIEW; NATIONAL POLITICS; POLICY APPROACH; POPULATION MIGRATION; STATE ROLE;

GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76349117012     PISSN: 15555623     EISSN: 17471346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-1346.2009.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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