The democratic deficit of diaspora politics: Turkish Cypriots in Britain and the Cyprus issue

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 683-700

  Østergaard Nielsen, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Democracy; Diasporas; Migration; Political participation; Transnationalism; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIZATION; DIASPORA; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; REFUGEE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0142197731     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369183032000123459     Document Type: Article

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