Migration, development and inequality: Eastern Punjabi transnationalism

Global Networks

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 328-347

  Taylor, Steve ^a   Singh, Manjit ^b   Booth, Deborah ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Development; East Punjab; Inequality; Remittances; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL ASPECTS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

CASTE INEQUALITY; GLOBALIZATION; TRANSNATIONAL MIGRANTS; TRANSNATIONALISM;

POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CASTE SYSTEM; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; MIGRATION; NATIONALISM;

ASIA; DOABA; EURASIA; INDIA; PUNJAB [INDIA]; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34249984959     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2007.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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