Immigrant exclusion and insecurity in Africa / Claire L. Adida, University of California, San Diego.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adida, Claire L., 1979- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--Africa, West--Social conditions.

Immigrants.

Rural-urban migration--Africa, West.

Rural-urban migration.

Africa, West--Emigration and immigration.

Africa, West.

Africa, West--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Africa, West--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 175 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Immigrant Exclusion & Insecurity in Africa

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores the diverse immigrant experiences in urban West Africa, where some groups integrate seamlessly while others face exclusion and violence. It shows, counterintuitively, that cultural similarities between immigrants and their hosts do not help immigrant integration and may, in fact, disrupt it. This book is one of the first to describe and explain in a systematic way immigrant integration in the developing world, where half of all international migrants go. It relies on intensive fieldwork tracking two immigrant groups in three host cities, and draws from in-depth interviews and survey data to paint a picture of the immigrant experience from both immigrant and host perspectives.

Contents:

Introduction

Immigrants and their leaders

Immigrant exclusion from host societies

Alternative explanations

Mass immigrant expulsions in Africa

Conclusion.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-99056-X

1-316-01117-8

1-139-98594-9

1-316-01341-3

1-107-25305-5

1-316-00667-0

1-316-00217-9

1-316-00891-6

1-316-00441-4