Precarious work and economic migration: Emerging immigrant divisions of labour in Greater London's service sector

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-25

  Mcdowell, Linda ^a   Batnitzky, Adina ^a   Dyer, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR DIVISION; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; SERVICE SECTOR; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 65449153223     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2009.00831.x     Document Type: Article

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