Transnational ties and immigrant political incorporation: The case of Dominicans in Washington Heights, New York

International Migration

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 123-146

  Pantoja, Adrian D ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT POPULATION; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; RETURN MIGRATION; URBAN POPULATION;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON HEIGHTS;

EID: 28244487394     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2005.00335.x     Document Type: Review

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