Discursive deracialization in talk about asylum seeking

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 111-123

  Goodman, Simon ^a   Burke, Shani ^a  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asylum seekers; Discursive deracialization; Discursive psychology; Prejudice; Racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951531006     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.1065     Document Type: Article

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