Fron 'settlement' to 'integration': Informal practices and social services for women migrants in Athens

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-131

  Vaiou, Dina ^a   Stratigaki, Maria ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Albanian migrant women; Everyday life; Gender; Neighbourhoods; Social services

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DIASPORA; EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT; GENDER RELATIONS; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PLANNING PRACTICE; REFUGEE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

ATHENS [GEORGIA]; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40649108612     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: 14617145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776407087545     Document Type: Conference Paper

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