Correlations between policy discourse and leisure constraints among ethnic minorities: A case study of recent arrivals to Canada

Annals of Leisure Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 27-45

  Golob, Matias I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Leisure constraints; Multiculturalism; Recent immigrants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889670926     PISSN: 11745398     EISSN: 21596816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11745398.2010.9686836     Document Type: Article

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