The congolese diaspora in brussels and hybrid identity formation: Multi-scalarity diasporic citizenship

Urban Research and Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-90

  Swyngedouw, Eva ^a   Swyngedouw, Erik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79956063007     PISSN: 17535069     EISSN: 17535077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17535060902727074     Document Type: Article

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