Transnational marriages as a strategy of care exchange: Veteran soldiers and their mainland Chinese spouses in Taiwan

Global Networks

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 233-251

  Lu, Melody Chia Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

CARE; CHINESE KINSHIP; CITIZENSHIP; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; TAIWAN; TRANSNATIONAL FAMILY; WELFARE POLICIES

Indexed keywords

CARE; CHINESE KINSHIP; CITIZENSHIP; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; TAIWAN; TRANSNATIONAL FAMILIES;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

CITIZENSHIP; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY STRUCTURE; GLOBALIZATION; IMMIGRATION POLICY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; KINSHIP; LEGAL RIGHTS; MARRIAGE; MOBILITY; POLICY APPROACH; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOCIAL SECURITY; WELFARE PROVISION;

CHINA; TAIWAN;

EID: 84858305958     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2012.00349.x     Document Type: Article

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