Ethnic heterogeneity and public support for welfare: Is the American experience replicated in Britain, Sweden and Denmark?

Scandinavian Political Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 332-353

  Larsen, Christian Albrekt ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 80054080648     PISSN: 00806757     EISSN: 14679477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9477.2011.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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