Beyond flexible citizenship: Towards a study of many Chinese transnationalisms

Geoforum

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 137-146

  Lin, Weiqiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chinese migration; Flexible citizenship; Migration policy; Postcolonialism; Singapore; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK; CAPITALISM; CITIZENSHIP; COLONIALISM; DIASPORA; IMMIGRATION POLICY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; NATIONALISM;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

UMBELLULARIA CALIFORNICA;

EID: 80054980145     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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