Full responsibility with partial ccitizenship: Immigrant wives in Taiwan

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-196

  Sheu, Yea Huey ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Care; Citizenship; Immigrant women; Reproduction; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; HUMAN RIGHTS; IMMIGRANT; MARRIAGE; NATURALIZATION; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33947583004     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2007.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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