The political transnationalism of Ecuadorians in Barcelona, Madrid and Milan: The role of individual resources, organizational engagement and the political context

Global Networks

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 80-102

  Morales, Laura ^a   Pilati, Katia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ECUADORIANS; ITALY; MOBILIZATION; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; SPAIN; TRANSNATIONALISM

Indexed keywords

ECUADORIANS; ITALY; MOBILIZATION; POLITICAL PARTICIPATIONS; SPAIN; TRANSNATIONALISM;

REGIONAL PLANNING; SURVEYS;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

CULTURAL CONFLICT; MIGRATION; MOBILIZATION; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

ECUADOR; ITALY; LOMBARDY; MILAN; MILANO [LOMBARDY]; SPAIN;

EID: 84890539936     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/glob.12018     Document Type: Article

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