Integration policy in Singapore: A transnational inclusion approach

Asian Ethnicity

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 80-98

  Rahman, Md Mizanur ^a   Kiong, Tong Chee ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

immigration; integration; Singapore; transnational inclusion; transnationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871277862     PISSN: 14631369     EISSN: 14692953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14631369.2012.710403     Document Type: Article

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