The intersections of gender and generation in Albanian migration, remittances and transnational care

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-38

  King, Russell ^a   Vullnetari, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albanian migration; Family; Gender; Generations; Remittances; Transnational care

Indexed keywords

EMIGRATION; GENDER RELATIONS; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ALBANIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 62249219826     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0467.2009.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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