Attitudes towards Muslim Immigrants: Evidence from Survey Experiments across Four Countries

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 100-118

  Strabac, Zan ^a   Aalberg, Toril ^b   Valenta, Marko ^b  

^a TRONDHEIM BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Immigrants; Muslims; Survey Experiments

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; ISLAMISM;

NORWAY; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84889098456     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2013.831542     Document Type: Article

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