Anti-Muslim attitudes in the Netherlands: Tests of contradictory hypotheses derived from ethnic competition theory and intergroup contact theory

European Sociological Review

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 741-758

  Savelkoul, Michael ^a   Scheepers, Peer ^a   Tolsma, Jochem ^a   Hagendoorn, Louk ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 83455218661     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcq035     Document Type: Article

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