Migration and Development? The Gendered Costs of Migration on Mexico's Rural “Left Behind”

Geographical Review

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 399-420

  Torres, Rebecca M ^a   Carte, Lindsey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

Author keywords

gender; left behind; Mexico; migration; neoliberal

Indexed keywords

GENDER; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; NEOLIBERALISM; RURAL AREA; UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VERACRUZ;

EID: 84975275052     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: 19310846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2016.12182.x     Document Type: Article

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