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Class formations and inequality structures in contemporary African migration : evidence from Ghana / John A. Arthur.
Van Pelt Library JV9022.3 .A79 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arthur, John A., 1958-2016, author.
- Series:
- African migration and diaspora series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ghanaians--Foreign countries--Social conditions.
- Ghanaians.
- Africans--Foreign countries--Social conditions.
- Africans.
- African diaspora.
- Social classes--Ghana.
- Social classes.
- Social classes--Africa.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Social stratification.
- Foreign countries.
- Social conditions.
- Africa.
- Social stratification--Ghana.
- Social stratification--Africa.
- Ghana--Emigration and immigration.
- Ghana.
- Africa--Emigration and immigration.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 277 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2014]
- Summary:
- John A. Arthur argues that class-based structural inequalities are significant components of how African migrations and diasporas are formed. The sources of these inequalities and the unequal diasporas they evoke can be traced to precolonial and postcolonial forces, including the globalization of Africa's economies. Persisting inequalities are defining migrant human capital traits, migrant destination choices, the content of the diasporas lived abroad and at home, and the outcomes of class-based migration on homeland development. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Social class and inequality structures in contemporary African migration
- The layers of social class formations and class consciousness in Ghana
- Class inequalities in internal and regional migration in Ghana
- Class profiles of Ghanaian immigrants: a socio-historical perspective
- Economic conditions of the Ghanaian immigrant underclass: a culture of resilience
- The new black immigrant elites: a sociological portrait of the immigrant doctors, allied healthcare professionals, and academic class
- Conclusion: influences of class and inequality structures on African diasporas and homeland development.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-271) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781498503839
- 1498503837
- OCLC:
- 884808820
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