National identity and attitudes toward immigrants in a "multicreedal" America

Politics and Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 485-514

  Byrne, Jennifer ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Americanism; Ethnonationalism; Immigrant Attitudes; Immigration; Immigration Policy; National Identity; Public Opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960811090     PISSN: 15555623     EISSN: 17471346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-1346.2011.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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