Acceptable and unacceptable immigrants: How opposition to immigration in Britain is affected by migrants' region of origin

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1017-1037

  Ford, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; Discrimination; Ethnic hierarchy; Generational change; Immigration; Race

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; ETHNICITY; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RACE; RACISM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79960520379     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2011.572423     Document Type: Article

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