Moral economies of a translocal village: Obligation and shame among South Indian transnational migrants

Global Networks

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-47

  Velayutham, Selvaraj ^a   Wise, Amanda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; AGRICULTURE; EMPLOYMENT; POPULATION STATISTICS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; SUBNETS; TRANSNATIONAL MIGRANTS; VILLAGES;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

CULTURAL RELATIONS; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MORALITY; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU; WORLD;

EID: 12144274841     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2005.00106.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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