The making of a transnational grassroots migrant movement: A case study of Hong Kong's Asian Migrants' coordinating body

Critical Asian Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-141

  Hsia, Hsiao Chuan ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; INDONESIA; NEPAL; PHILIPPINES; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SRI LANKA; THAILAND;

EID: 56749114727     PISSN: 14672715     EISSN: 14726033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14672710802631186     Document Type: Article

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