Strategic transnationalism: The Indian diasporic elite in contemporary Bahrain

City and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-78

  Gardner, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS; DIASPORA; ETHNIC MINORITY; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; NATIONALISM; STRATEGIC APPROACH; VULNERABILITY;

ASIA; BAHRAIN; EURASIA; INDIA; MIDDLE EAST; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 47249083854     PISSN: 08930465     EISSN: 1548744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-744X.2008.00005.x     Document Type: Article

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