What is islamophobia and how much is there? theorizing and measuring an emerging comparative concept

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1581-1600

  Bleich, Erik ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; concept development; Islamophobia; measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 81055143941     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764211409387     Document Type: Article

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