What if Networks Move? Dynamic Social Networking in the Context of African Migration to Europe

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 809-819

  Schapendonk, Joris ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

African migration; Bourdieu; Granovetter; Practice approach; Social capital; Social networks

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN IMMIGRANT; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; POPULATION MIGRATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EUROPE;

EID: 84946488442     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.1860     Document Type: Article

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