Diasporic subjects in the nation: Foreign domestic workers, the reach of law and civil society in Singapore

Asian Studies Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-23

  Yeoh, Brenda S A ^a   Huang, Shirlena ^a   Devasahayam, Theresa W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 85044915311     PISSN: 10357823     EISSN: 14678403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1035782042000194491     Document Type: Article

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