Immigrant exclusion and insecurity in Africa /

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Author / Creator:Adida, Claire L., 1979- author.
Imprint:New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Description:1 online resource (xvi, 175 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12645012
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ISBN:9781107253056
1107253055
9781316004418
1316004414
1306715822
9781306715829
9781107047723
1107047722
9781107650565
1107650569
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
Other form:Print version: Adida, Claire L., 1979- Immigrant exclusion and insecurity in Africa 9781316004418