Global governance, economic migration and the difficulties of social activism

International Sociology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 435-454

  Grugel, Jean ^a   Piper, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

advocacy; economic migration; global governance; migrant rights; multi sited governance; social activism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960314224     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: 14617242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0268580910393043     Document Type: Article

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