The Impact of the Great Recession on Perceived Immigrant Threat: A Cross-National Study of 22 Countries

In an increasingly globalized world, anti-immigrant sentiment has become more prevalent. Competitive threat theory suggests that anti-immigrant attitudes increase when adverse economic circumstances intensify competition with immigrants for scarce resources, but past studies using this approach are...

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Main Authors: Joonghyun Kwak, Michael Wallace
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-07-01
Series:Societies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/8/3/52