Ethnic diversity in diverse societies: An introduction

Social Cohesion and Immigration in Europe and North America: Mechanisms, Conditions, and Causality

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1-19

  Koopmans, Ruud ^a,c   Lancee, Bram ^b   Schaeffer, Merlin ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Sociolgy   (Germany)

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EID: 84961142878     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315775975     Document Type: Chapter

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