Temporary economic migration and rights activism: An organizational perspective

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 108-125

  Piper, Nicola ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Networking; Organizations; Rights activism; Temporary migration; Trans institutional; Transnational

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; HUMAN RIGHTS; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRATION; NETWORKING; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 72149098122     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870903023884     Document Type: Article

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