Marginalised Dalits in International Labour Migration: Reconfiguring Economic and Social Relations in Nepal

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2030-2048

  Sunam, Ramesh ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caste; Dalit; Labour Migration; Nepal; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920109212     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2014.948393     Document Type: Article

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