Empowering members of ethnic organisations: Tracing the political integration potential of immigrant associations in stockholm

Scandinavian Political Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 296-314

  Strömblad, Per ^a   Bengtsson, Bo ^b  

^a Institute for Futures Studies   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 67349227455     PISSN: 00806757     EISSN: 14679477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9477.2008.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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