Immigrant Integration policies and perceived Group Threat: A Multilevel Study of 27 Western and Eastern European Countries

Social Science Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 670-682

  Schlueter, Elmar ^a   Meuleman, Bart ^b   Davidov, Eldad ^c  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anti immigrant attitudes; Cross national research; Group norms; Group threat theory; Immigrant integration policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875810644     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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