Religious social identity, religious belief, and anti-immigration sentiment

American Political Science Review

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 203-221

  Ben Nun Bloom, Pazit ^a   Arikan, Gizem ^b   Courtemanche, Marie ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b YASAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Thiel College   (United States)

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EID: 84928534590     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055415000143     Document Type: Article

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