Is support for multiculturalism threatened by ... threat itself?

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-30

  Tip, Linda K ^a   Zagefka, Hanna ^b   González, Roberto ^c   Brown, Rupert ^a   Cinnirella, Marco ^b   Na, Xue ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Identity threat; Integration; Multiculturalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857453087     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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