Anti-Immigrant Propaganda by Radical Right Parties and the Intellectual Performance of Adolescents

Political Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 483-493

  Appel, Markus ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Immigration; Intelligence; Radical right political parties; Social exclusion; Social identity threat; Stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864037699     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2012.00902.x     Document Type: Article

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