Precarity of place: A complement to the growing precariat literature

Global Discourse

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 450-463

  Banki, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burma; Migrants; Noncitizens; Precarity; Refugees

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908008573     PISSN: 23269995     EISSN: 20437897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23269995.2014.881139     Document Type: Article

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