Leaving the countryside: An analysis of rural-to-Urban migration and long-term capital accumulation

Acta Sociologica

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-65

  Rye, Johan Fredrik ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Bygdeforskning   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; Cultural capital; Economic capital; Migration; Rural; Social class; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748436379     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: 15023869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001699306061899     Document Type: Article

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