Public attitudes toward immigration

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 17, Issue , 2014, Pages 225-249

  Hainmueller, Jens ^a   Hopkins, Daniel J ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural threat; Immigration attitudes; Political economy; Political psychology; Prejudice; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901068310     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-polisci-102512-194818     Document Type: Article

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