Mobility at the heart of a nation: Patterns and meanings of Cape Verdean migration

International Migration

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 123-155

  Carling, Jørgen ^a   Åkesson, Lisa ^b  

^a PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO PRIO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN IMMIGRANT; ASIAN IMMIGRANT; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; EMIGRATION; IMMIGRATION POLICY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; TRANSPORTATION DEREGULATION; TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE VERDE; MACARONESIA;

EID: 67650264917     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2009.00526.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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