Economic dynamics and changes in attitudes toward undocumented Mexican immigrants in Arizona

Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 300-313

  Diaz, Priscila ^a   Saenz, Delia S ^a   Kwan, Virginia S Y ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC MINORITY; EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION POLICY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LATINO PEOPLE;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83855160919     PISSN: 15297489     EISSN: 15302415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2011.01255.x     Document Type: Article

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