Competing obligations and the maintenance of physical co-presence: The impact of migration and structural constraints on postaccession Polish families in the UK

Families, Relationships and Societies

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 229-245

  McGhee, Derek ^a   Heath, Sue ^b   Trevena, Paulina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competing obligations; Poland; Post accession; Structural constraints

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927551122     PISSN: 20467435     EISSN: 20467443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/204674313X664914     Document Type: Article

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