Nationalism and patriotism as predictors of immigration attitudes in Switzerland: A municipality-level analysis

Swiss Political Science Review

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 369-393

  Green, Eva G T ^a   Sarrasin, Oriane ^a   Fasel, Nicole ^a   Staerklé, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Immigration attitudes; International Social Survey Programme ISSP; Multilevel analysis; Nationalism; Patriotism

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955173636     PISSN: 14247755     EISSN: 16626370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1662-6370.2011.02030.x     Document Type: Article

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