The construction of trans-social European networks and the neutralisation of borders: Skilled EU migrants in Manchester - Reconstituting social and national belonging

Space and Polity

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-133

  Kennedy, Paul ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; BORDER REGION; CULTURAL RELATIONS; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; NATIONAL IDENTITY; SENSE OF PLACE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; MANCHESTER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 42049109783     PISSN: 13562576     EISSN: 14701235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562570801969564     Document Type: Article

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