Transnational lives, transnational marriages: A review of the evidence from migrant communities in Europe

Global Networks

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 271-288

  Beck Gernsheim, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Europe; Gender relations; Global inequality; Marriage; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

MOTIVATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; URBAN PLANNING;

GLOBAL INEQUALITY; MARRIAGE; MIGRANTS;

POPULATION DYNAMICS;

GENDER RELATIONS; MARRIAGE; METROPOLITAN AREA; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; POWER RELATIONS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34249982573     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2007.00169.x     Document Type: Article

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