Political and social geography of marginal insiders: Migrant domestic workers in Taiwan

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 99-126

  Lan, Pei Chia ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC WORK; GENDER RELATIONS; IMMIGRATION POLICY; LABOR MIGRATION; WOMENS STATUS;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0042575656     PISSN: 01171968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/011719680301200105     Document Type: Article

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