Politicizing the transnational: On implications for migrants, refugees, and scholarship

Social Analysis

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 60-84

  Isotalo, Riina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Development; Migrants; Mobility; Politicization; Refugees; Remittances; Securitization; Transnational paradigm

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049104648     PISSN: 0155977X     EISSN: 15585727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/sa.2009.530304     Document Type: Article

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