Immigrants' National Identification: Meanings, Determinants, and Consequences

Social Issues and Policy Review

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-112

  Verkuyten, Maykel ^a   Martinovic, Borja ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84857966379     PISSN: 17512395     EISSN: 17512409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-2409.2011.01036.x     Document Type: Article

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