Migrant Economies Beyond Metropolitan Cities

A Context‐Sensitive Case Study

Bibliographic Data

ID10832217
AuthorsCharlotte Räuchle (Osnabrück University, corresponding author), Henning Nuissl (0000-0001-6117-431X, Humboldt‐University Berlin, Geography Department ‐ Applied Geography Unter den Linden 6 10099 Berlin Germany, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume110
Issue5
Pages538-552
Publication date2019-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0040-747X • E-ISSN: 1467-9663
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/tesg.12352
OpenAlexW2922214166
LanguageEN
References cited33

Research has highly valued the contribution of migrant economies to the development of mainly top‐scale metropolises. Migrant economies are considered a crucial asset when it comes to positioning cities internationally, revitalising neighbourhoods and generally securing the social, economic and political inclusion of migrants. Nevertheless, there is a major research gap in empirical evidence on migrant economies beyond metropolitan cities and the impact of the local context on the development of migrant economies in these localities. In order to tackle this blind spot, this paper examines how the local context fosters or hinders the development of migrant economies in two low‐scale German cities. The paper conceptualises ‘local context’ as comprising economic, political and socio‐cultural factors. In sum, it finds the local conditions less conducive to the development of migrant economies in the cities under scrutiny, for example, because these economies are not an urban policy issue there

Context (archaeology · Development economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Economies of scale · Economy · Geography · Metropolitan area · Political science · Politics · Scale (ratio · Scrutiny · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Socioeconomic Development in Asia

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