Immigrant Exclusion and Insecurity in Africa

Coethnic Strangers

Bibliographic Data

ID19937870
AuthorsClaire L Adida (0000-0002-3493-5539, University of California San Diego, corresponding author)
Year2014
Publication date2014-04-07
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueImmigrant Exclusion and Insecurity in Africa (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9781107253056
WikidataQ58330019
OpenAlexW237338843
Open LibraryOL27424227M
ISBN9781107253056
LanguageEN
Citations received50

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

Archaeology · Face (sociological concept) · Geography · Host (biology) · Immigration · Political science · Social exclusion · Social science · Sociology · Tracking (education) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Ecology · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Africa · Einwanderer · emigration and immigration · Ethnic relations · Government policy · Immigrants · Rural-urban migration · Social conditions · Soziale Situation

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