Between coping and resistance: Migrant networks and alternative forms of collectivism

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Between coping and resistance : Migrant networks and alternative forms of collectivism. / Hau, Mark Friis; Borello, Andrea.

I: Economic and Industrial Democracy, 15.12.2023.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

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Hau, MF & Borello, A 2023, 'Between coping and resistance: Migrant networks and alternative forms of collectivism', Economic and Industrial Democracy. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X231216001

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Hau, M. F., & Borello, A. (2023). Between coping and resistance: Migrant networks and alternative forms of collectivism. Economic and Industrial Democracy. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X231216001

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Hau MF, Borello A. Between coping and resistance: Migrant networks and alternative forms of collectivism. Economic and Industrial Democracy. 2023 dec. 15. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X231216001

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Hau, Mark Friis ; Borello, Andrea. / Between coping and resistance : Migrant networks and alternative forms of collectivism. I: Economic and Industrial Democracy. 2023.

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