Women's migration and the crisis of care: Grandmothers caring for grandchildren in urban Bolivia

Gender and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 389-401

  Bastia, Tanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Care; Gender; Generation; Grandmothers; Migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449134231     PISSN: 13552074     EISSN: 13649221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13552070903298378     Document Type: Article

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