Just a question of time? The composition and evolution of immigrants’ personal networks in Catalonia

International Sociology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 579-598

  Bolíbar, Mireia ^a   Martí, Joel ^a   Verd, Joan Miquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catalonia; Ecuadorean immigrants; migration networks; migration project; Moroccan immigrants; personal networks; Spain; transnationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944628775     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: 14617242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0268580915579925     Document Type: Article

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