Transnational migration and the transformation of gender relations: The case of Bangladeshi labour migrants

Current Sociology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Dannecker, Petra ^a  

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Author keywords

Asia; Gender relations; Labour migration; Networking; Social transformations; Transnational activities; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 30444436595     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392105052720     Document Type: Review

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