Immigrant Ambivalence Toward the Homeland: The Case of Iraqis in Helsinki and Rome

Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 198-216

  Kivisto, Peter ^a,b   La Vecchia Mikkola, Vanja ^c  

^a AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ambivalence; assimilation; exit; loyalty; memory; refugees; transnationalism; voice

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; NATIONALISM; PSYCHOLOGY; REFUGEE;

FINLAND; HELSINKI; ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; VARSINAIS-SUOMI;

EID: 84877889508     PISSN: 15562948     EISSN: 15562956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15562948.2013.759000     Document Type: Article

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