How Ideological Attitudes Predict Host Society Members' Attitudes toward Immigrants: Exploring Cross-National Differences

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 673-694

  Cohrs, J Christopher ^a   Stelzl, Monika ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; CULTURAL IDENTITY; IDEOLOGY; IMMIGRATION; META-ANALYSIS; NATIONAL IDENTITY; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

EID: 78650054328     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2010.01670.x     Document Type: Article

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