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Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies Volume 46, 2020 - Issue 3: Special Issue: Contested terrain: explaining divergent patterns of public opinion towards immigration within Europe
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What factors explain anti-Muslim prejudice? An assessment of the effects of Muslim population size, institutional characteristics and immigration-related media claims

Elmar SchlueterInstitute of Sociology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Anu MassoETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland;University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia;Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, EstoniaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3134-950X
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Eldad DavidovFaculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences, The Institute of Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany;Department of Sociology and URPP Social Networks, University of Zurich, Zurich, SwitzerlandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3396-969X
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Pages 649-664 | Published online: 22 Feb 2019

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