Foundations of anti-immigrant sentiment: The variable nature of perceived group threat across changing european societies, 2002-2006

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 445-469

  Pichler, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

anti immigrant sentiment; cross national comparison; Europe; European Social Survey; group threat; immigration

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMMIGRATION; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SECURITY THREAT; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

EUROPE;

EID: 78649237251     PISSN: 00207152     EISSN: 17452554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020715210379456     Document Type: Article

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