The politics of transnational affective capital: Digital connectivity among young somalis stranded in ethiopia

Crossings

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 87-104

  Leurs, Koen ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concept maps; Digital connectivity; Focus group; In depth interviews; Ontological security; Somali migrants; Transnational affective capital; Transnational communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911865883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20404344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1386/cjmc.5.1.87_1     Document Type: Article

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