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Afterword: What Next for Romanian Transnational Family Research?

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After a short review of research on Romanian transnational families, in this short chapter, we provide a summary of previous chapters. This is followed by a projection of the future of transnational family research with regard to families including Romanian members.

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Ducu, V. (2018). Afterword: What Next for Romanian Transnational Family Research?. In: Romanian Transnational Families. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90242-5_6

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