03270nam 2200745 450 991046353240332120200520144314.01-4985-0384-5(CKB)2670000000574428(EBL)1832683(SSID)ssj0001367653(PQKBManifestationID)11755187(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001367653(PQKBWorkID)11445456(PQKB)11589189(MiAaPQ)EBC1832683(Au-PeEL)EBL1832683(CaPaEBR)ebr11024307(CaONFJC)MIL656217(OCoLC)894895043(EXLCZ)99267000000057442820150304h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrClass formations and inequality structures in contemporary African migration evidence from Ghana /John A. ArthurLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,2014.©20141 online resource (297 p.)African Migration and Diaspora SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-4985-0383-7 1-322-24937-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Social Class and Inequality Structures in Contemporary African Migration; 2 The Layers of Social Class Formations and Class Consciousness in Ghana; 3 Class Inequalities in Internal and Regional Migration in Ghana; 4 Class Profiles of Ghanaian Immigrants; 5 Economic Conditions of the Ghanaian Immigrant Underclass; 6 The New Black Immigrant Elites; 7 Influences of Class and Inequality Structures on African Diasporas and Homeland Development; Bibliography; Index; About the Author<span><span>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.</span></span>African migration and diaspora series.GhanaiansForeign countriesSocial conditionsAfricansSocial conditionsForeign countriesAfrican diasporaSocial classesGhanaSocial stratificationAfricaSocial stratificationGhanaSocial classesAfricaGhanaEmigration and immigrationAfricaEmigration and immigrationElectronic books.GhanaiansSocial conditions.AfricansSocial conditionsAfrican diaspora.Social classesSocial stratificationSocial stratificationSocial classes325.2667 Arthur John A.1958-953993MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463532403321Class formations and inequality structures in contemporary African migration2157473UNINA