Homes in the making: Property restitution, refugee return, and senses of belonging in a post-war Bosnian town

International Migration

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 115-139

  Stefansson, Anders H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEACE PROCESS; POST-WAR; REFUGEE; RETURN MIGRATION;

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746400560     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2006.00374.x     Document Type: Article

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