Multicultural education and inter-ethnic attitudes : An intergroup perspective

European Psychologist

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 179-190

  Verkuyten, Maykel ^a   Thijs, Jochem ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Inter ethnic relations; Multicultural education; Multiculturalism; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887525253     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040/a000152     Document Type: Article

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