The community morphology of skilled migration: the changing role of voluntary and community organisations (VCOs) in the grounding of British migrant identities in Paris (France)

Geoforum

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 655-676

  Scott, Sam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britishness; Community; Expatriate; le de France; Networks; Paris; Skilled migration; Voluntary and community organisations (VCOs)

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; LABOR MIGRATION; MOBILITY; NATIONAL IDENTITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SKILLED LABOR; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; ILE-DE-FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE-DE-PARIS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34248581680     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2006.11.015     Document Type: Article

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