Immigrant presence, group boundaries, and support for the welfare state in Western European societies

Acta Sociologica (United Kingdom)

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 195-214

  Breznau, Nate ^a   Eger, Maureen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

group boundaries; Immigration; material self interest; policy preferences; welfare state; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979759228     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: 15023869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001699316645168     Document Type: Article

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