The globalisation of marriage fields: The Swedish case

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1119-1138

  Niedomysl, Thomas ^a   Östh, John ^b   van Ham, Maarten ^c  

^a Institute for Futures Studies   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Globalisation; Marriage; Migration; Sweden

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; INTERNET; MARRIAGE; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 77954262903     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691830903488184     Document Type: Article

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