The political impact of labor migration in Bahrain

City and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-53

  Louër, Laurence ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASTE SYSTEM; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ASIA; BAHRAIN; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 47249095789     PISSN: 08930465     EISSN: 1548744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-744X.2008.00004.x     Document Type: Article

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