Exploring the links: Gender issues in marriage and migration

Marriage, Migration and Gender

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 23-62

  Palriwala, Rajni ^a,b   Uberoi, Patricia R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF DEVELOPING SOCIETIES   (India)

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DOI: 10.4135/9788132100324.n1     Document Type: Chapter

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