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Migration and the search for a better way of life: a critical exploration of lifestyle migration: Migration and the search for a better way of life

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Migration and the search for a better way of life: a critical exploration of lifestyle migration: Migration and the search for a better way of life. / Benson, Michaela; O'Reilly, Karen.
In: The Sociological Review, Vol. 57, No. 4, 01.10.2009, p. 608-625.

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Benson M, O'Reilly K. Migration and the search for a better way of life: a critical exploration of lifestyle migration: Migration and the search for a better way of life. The Sociological Review. 2009 Oct 1;57(4):608-625. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-954x.2009.01864.x

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