Religious intolerance and Euroscepticism

European Union Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 359-379

  Hobolt, Sara B ^a   van der Brug, Wouter ^b   de Vreese, Claes H ^b   Boomgaarden, Hajo G ^b   Hinrichsen, Malte C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EU enlargement; Euroscepticism; prejudices; religion; religious intolerance; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053612723     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116511404620     Document Type: Article

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