Only a mouse click away from home: Transnational practices of eastern european migrants in the United Kingdom

Social Identities

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 325-338

  Metykova, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Everyday life; Media; New eu member states; Transnational migration

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; MEDIA ROLE; MIGRANT WORKER; NATIONAL IDENTITY; NATIONALISM; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TELEVISION;

EASTERN EUROPE; EDINBURGH [SCOTLAND]; ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE [ENGLAND]; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77952936836     PISSN: 13504630     EISSN: 13630296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504630.2010.482418     Document Type: Article

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