Can We Make a Difference? Prejudice Towards Asylum Seekers in Australia and the Effectiveness of Antiprejudice Interventions

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Can We Make a Difference? Prejudice Towards Asylum Seekers in Australia and the Effectiveness of Antiprejudice Interventions

Over the past few decades, Australia has implemented increasingly restrictive measures to try and deter the arrival of asylum seekers. In our article, we review what is known in the literature about the antecedents of prejudice against asylum seekers. We outline 11 mechanisms, or variables, as being...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Pedersen, A., Hartley, Lisa
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Cambridge University Press 2015
Subjects:	refugees antiracism prejudice social action Australia asylum seekers racism
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18893

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