New friends in new places: Network formation during the migration process among Poles in the UK

Geoforum

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 241-249

  Gill, Nick ^a   Bialski, Paula ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diaspora; Friendship; Migration; Networks; Polish; Social networks

Indexed keywords

DIASPORA; IMMIGRATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79952484325     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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