High demand, cheap supply: Irish immigration policies and the role of the state (1992-2007)

Irish Geography

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 113-128

  McPhee, Siobhán Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ireland s immigration policies; Labour supply; Nature of state; Nature of work; Transnationalisation of labour

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016279022     PISSN: 00750778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00750778.2014.919625     Document Type: Article

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