Ethnicity, Migration and Enterprise

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-349-31076-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 237 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 371 g

Reihe: Migration, Minorities and Citizenship

This book examines the development of enterprise among key migrant groups in Europe and the United States. It argues that the development of 'ethnic economies' provides the material basis for alternative models of social integration, such as multiculturalism 'from below', which are critical of mainstream assimilationist thinking.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Panayiotopoulos, P.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Introduction  Ethnicity, Migration, Enterprise Turkish Entrepreneurs in the European Union: A Political-institutional Analysis Chinese Entrepreneurs in Europe and the United States: Studies in Informal Economies Hispanic American Entrepreneurs in the United States Polish Migration and Enterprise in the European Union: Between the Old and the New Conclusion: Winners and Losers Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

PRODROMOS PANAYIOTOPOULOS is Lecturer in Sociology and International Development at Swansea University, UK. He has researched and published extensively on international migration and the relationship between ethnicity and enterprise development.