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“Found” Social Capital of the Sudanese Refugee Lost Boys Living in Kansas City Area

Bibliographic Data

ID16914643
AuthorsDanvas Ogeto Mabeya (0000-0002-3125-536X, Southeast Community College, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume5
Issue4
Publication date2015-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSAGE Open (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/2158244015621955
OpenAlexW2579024646
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited17

This article investigates accrual, role, and impact of social capital of the southern Sudanese formerly known as the Sudanese refugee Lost Boys living in the greater Kansas City area. Since their resettlement in the United States in 2000, Sudan has seen a dramatic transition in its long geo-political conflict since its independence in 1956 ending up in cessation of the south from the north. This cessation has created the newest country in the world (South Sudan). Simultaneously, a group of refugee Boys commonly known as the Lost Boys of Sudan has renounced being called so. Instead, they prefer being called “South Sudanese.” The study uses semi-structured interviews to assess the degree of social capital of each refugee participant relative to types of “capital” valued in mainstream American society. An adjunct inquiry is finding what type of social capital endured by each of these Boys played a key role in helping them cope/integrate into American mainstream society

Economic growth · Geography · Mainstream · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Social capital · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Social Capital and Networks

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