Empowered Wives and Frustrated Husbands: Nursing, Gender and Migrant Nepali in the UK

International Migration

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 168-179

  Adhikari, Radha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMILY STRUCTURE; GENDER; IMMIGRATION POLICY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

AUSTRALIA; NEPAL; NEW ZEALAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888074937     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imig.12107     Document Type: Article

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