Sin cayote ni patrón: Why the "migrant network" fails to explain international migration

International Migration Review

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 4-44

  Krissman, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION;

EID: 18144429830     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2005.tb00254.x     Document Type: Review

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