The trouble with assimilation: Social dominance and the emergence of hostility against immigrants

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 642-650

  Guimond, Serge ^a   De Oliveira, Pierre ^a   Kamiesjki, Rodolphe ^a   Sidanius, Jim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigrant assimilation; Multiculturalism; Political orientation; Prejudice; Social dominance orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957749564     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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