Rights of foreign domestic workers - Emergence of transnational and transregional solidarity?

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 97-119

  Piper, Nicola ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 23744439398     PISSN: 01171968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/011719680501400105     Document Type: Article

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