Geografie 2017, 122, 500-525

https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie2017122040500

“I do not mind immigrants; it is immigration that bothers me.” The inconsistency of immigration attitudes in Europe

Dita Čermáková, Yana Leontiyeva

Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia

Received September 2017
Accepted October 2017

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