Ethnic school composition and peer victimization: A focus on the interethnic school climate

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 465-473

  Agirdag, Orhan ^a   Demanet, Jannick ^a   Van Houtte, Mieke ^a   Van Avermaet, Piet ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ethnic composition; Ethnic concentration; Ethnic heterogeneity; Flanders; School segregation; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959621898     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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