Subjective social mobility: Definitions and expectations of 'moving up' of poor Moroccan women in the Netherlands

International Sociology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 503-523

  van den Berg, Marguerite ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

gender; migration; social mobility; subjective definitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960297494     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: 14617242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0268580910393042     Document Type: Article

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