Vulnerable immigrant “subjects”: Definitions, disparate power, dilemmas, and desired benefits

Uncharted Terrains: New Directions in Border Research Methodology, Ethics, and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 25-52

  Finch, Jessie K ^a   Fernández, Celestino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Department of Sociology ^*  (United States)

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