Class Formations and Inequality Structures in Contemporary African Migration : Evidence from Ghana.

By: Arthur, John AMaterial type: TextTextSeries: African Migration and Diaspora SeriesPublisher: Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (274 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781498503846Subject(s): Social stratification - AfricaGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Class Formations and Inequality Structures in Contemporary African Migration : Evidence from GhanaDDC classification: 325.2 LOC classification: JV9022.3 -- .A79 2014ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Title Page -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Social Class and Inequality Structures in Contemporary African Migration -- The Layers of Social Class Formations and Class Consciousness in Ghana -- Class Inequalities in Internal and Regional Migration in Ghana -- Class Profiles of Ghanaian Immigrants -- Economic Conditions of the Ghanaian Immigrant Underclass -- The New Black Immigrant Elites -- Influences of Class and Inequality Structures on African Diasporas and Homeland Development -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: Using evidence from Ghana, this book argues that power and class-based structural relationships are significant components in understanding how migratory diasporas shape and are shaped in turn by social class and inequality. This necessitates changes in national policies to address the widening gap of inequality between rich and poor.
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Intro -- Title Page -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Social Class and Inequality Structures in Contemporary African Migration -- The Layers of Social Class Formations and Class Consciousness in Ghana -- Class Inequalities in Internal and Regional Migration in Ghana -- Class Profiles of Ghanaian Immigrants -- Economic Conditions of the Ghanaian Immigrant Underclass -- The New Black Immigrant Elites -- Influences of Class and Inequality Structures on African Diasporas and Homeland Development -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

Using evidence from Ghana, this book argues that power and class-based structural relationships are significant components in understanding how migratory diasporas shape and are shaped in turn by social class and inequality. This necessitates changes in national policies to address the widening gap of inequality between rich and poor.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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