Contextual sources of perceived group threat: Negative immigration-related news reports, immigrant group size and their interaction, Spain 1996-2007

European Sociological Review

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 179-191

  Schlueter, Elmar ^a   Davidov, Eldad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84876031939     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcr054     Document Type: Review

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