Perceived economic threat and anti-immigration attitudes: Effects of immigrant group size and economic conditions revisited

Cross-Cultural Analysis: Methods and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 281-310

  Meuleman, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 84921377289     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203882924     Document Type: Chapter

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