From Kerala to Dubai and back again: Construction migrants and the global economic crisis

Geoforum

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 250-259

  Buckley, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Debt fuelled urbanisation; Dubai; Global economic crisis; Kerala; Migrant labour; Secondary circuit of capital

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; INVESTMENT; LABOR MIGRATION; RETURN MIGRATION; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBANIZATION;

DUBAI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; INDIA; KERALA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84856961984     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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