Bringing class back in: class consciousness and solidarity among Chinese migrant workers in Italy and the UK

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Bringing class back in: class consciousness and solidarity among Chinese migrant workers in Italy and the UK

The growing literature on international migration has a tendency to emphasize homogenous elements such as shared ethnic background, social network and cultural similarities in shaping immigrants' identity. We argue that this underestimates the differences (and sometimes conflicts) of interests...

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Main Authors:	Wu, Bin, Liu, Hong
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis 2014
Subjects:	international migration Chinese migrant workers class consciousness labour standards class solidarity transnationalism
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29041/

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