Title Immigrant exclusion and insecurity in Africa / Claire L. Adida

Published New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 175 pages) Contents Introduction -- Immigrants and their leaders -- Immigrant exclusion from host societies -- Alternative explanations -- Mass immigrant expulsions in Africa -- Conclusion 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Immigrants -- Africa, West -- Social conditions Rural-urban migration -- Africa, West SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration. Emigration and immigration Emigration and immigration -- Government policy Ethnic relations Immigrants -- Social conditions Rural-urban migration SUBJECT Africa, West -- Emigration and immigration Africa, West -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy Africa, West -- Ethnic relations Subject West Africa Form Electronic book ISBN 9781107253056 1107253055 9781316004418 1316004414 1306715822 9781306715829

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