Ethnicity, Migration and Enterprise

by P. Panayiotopoulos

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230229341
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	09/17/2010
Series:	Migration, Minorities and Citizenship
Edition description:	2010
Pages:	237
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

List of Tables viii

Acknowledgements x

Preface xi

Introduction 1

1 Ethnicity, Migration, Enterprise 5

2 Turkish Entrepreneurs in the European Union: A Political-Institutional Analysis 51

3 Chinese Entrepreneurs in Europe and the United States: Studies in Informal Economies 75

4 Hispanic American Entrepreneurs in the United States 107

5 Polish Migration and Enterprise in the European Union: Between the Old and the New 141

6 Conclusion: Winners and Losers 175

Glossary of Key Terms and Concepts 193

Bibliography 197

Index 223

Editorial Reviews

'The author brings further light on the relationship between class and ethnicity which are the two major sociological determinants of social mobility and their integration under the influence of international migration and minority issues.' -Insight Turkey

'This book, part of a series on Migration, Minorities and Citizenship, is..a welcome addition to the literature, offering lecturers a useful examination of ethnicity and enterprise...A great deal of information is packed into some 200 pages and the author's work will certainly inform future teaching for many academics. - Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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