Feminized migration, community activism and grassroots transnationalization in Japan

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 155-187

  Yamanaka, Keiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRASSROOTS LEVEL; IMMIGRATION POLICY; LABOR MIGRATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POPULAR PROTEST;

JAPAN;

EID: 0043076382     PISSN: 01171968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/011719680301200107     Document Type: Article

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