Borderland livelihood strategies: The socio-economic significance of ethnicity in cross-border labour migration, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-73

  Eilenberg, Michael ^a   Wadley, Reed L ^b  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Borders; Citizenship; Ethnicity; Identity; Labour migration

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; CITIZENSHIP; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; LABOR MIGRATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST KALIMANTAN;

EID: 63549106378     PISSN: 13607456     EISSN: 14678373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8373.2009.01381.x     Document Type: Article

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