Opposition to Pro-Immigrant Public Policy: Symbolic Racism and Group Threat

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-31

  Berg, Justin Allen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

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EID: 84872506288     PISSN: 00380245     EISSN: 1475682X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682x.2012.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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