'Singapore unlimited'?∗: Transnational elites and negotiations of social identity in the regionalization process

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 71-95

  Yeoh, Brenda S A ^a   Willis, Katie D ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 23744432303     PISSN: 01171968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/011719680501400104     Document Type: Article

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