Transcending the border: Transnational imperatives in Singapore's migrant worker rights movement

Critical Asian Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-112

  Lyons, Lenore ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; CIVIL SOCIETY; HUMAN RIGHTS; LABOR MARKET; MIGRANT WORKER; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 56749111235     PISSN: 14672715     EISSN: 14726033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14672710802631178     Document Type: Article

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