The effect of perceived cultural and material threats on ethnic preferences in immigration attitudes

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1760-1778

  Ben Nun Bloom, Pazit ^a   Arikan, Gizem ^b   Lahav, Gallya ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b YASAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

comparative politics; ethnic preferences; immigration; multilevel structural equation modelling; perceived threat; responsiveness to group cues

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL RELATIONS; ETHNICITY; IMMIGRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RACIAL IDENTITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84930753795     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2015.1015581     Document Type: Article

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