Borders make the difference: Migrant transnationalism as a border experience

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 598-609

  Gielis, Ruben ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Border; Border experience; Dutch German border; Lifeworld; Migrant transnationalism; Transnational migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 70949102697     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2009.00572.x     Document Type: Article

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