The social construction of diasporas: conceptual development and the Rwandan case

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The social construction of diasporas : conceptual development and the Rwandan case . / Turner, Simon.

Routledge Handbook of Diaspora Studies. ed. / Robin Cohen; Carolin Fischer. London : Routledge, 2018. p. 40-47.

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Turner, S 2018, The social construction of diasporas: conceptual development and the Rwandan case . in R Cohen & C Fischer (eds), Routledge Handbook of Diaspora Studies. Routledge, London, pp. 40-47. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315209050

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Turner, S. (2018). The social construction of diasporas: conceptual development and the Rwandan case . In R. Cohen, & C. Fischer (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Diaspora Studies (pp. 40-47). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315209050

Vancouver

Turner S. The social construction of diasporas: conceptual development and the Rwandan case . In Cohen R, Fischer C, editors, Routledge Handbook of Diaspora Studies. London: Routledge. 2018. p. 40-47 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315209050

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Turner, Simon. / The social construction of diasporas : conceptual development and the Rwandan case . Routledge Handbook of Diaspora Studies. editor / Robin Cohen ; Carolin Fischer. London : Routledge, 2018. pp. 40-47

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