Diversity and the imagined community: Immigrant diversity and conceptions of national identity

Political Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 837-862

  Wright, Matthew ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Ethnocentrism; Immigration; National identity; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051697960     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2011.00843.x     Document Type: Article

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