This article addresses the extent to which economic downturns influence perception of immigrants as an threat and through channels this occurs. Our primary objective is investigation specific mechanisms that connect conditions a threat. We therefore also contribute theoretical discussions based on group realistic conflict theory by exposing dominant source competition relevant these relationshi...

The economic geographies of Asia are highly fascinating, not least because Asia has increasingly emerged as a significant economic player in all three spheres of global competition: production, consumption, and circulation. This dynamic mosaic of economic landscapes in Asia is further complicated during and after the recent 1997/1998 economic crisis. While some aspects of these economic geograp...