Making connections: Second-generation children and the transnational field of relations

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1201-1217

  Haikkola, Lotta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Children; Second generation; Social networks; Transnationalism; Youth

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; IMMIGRANT; REFUGEE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; TRANSMIGRATION;

EID: 79960928956     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2011.590925     Document Type: Article

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