Theorising Transnational Migration: The Status Paradox of Migration

Societal transformations have recently stimulated political debates and policies on the integration of migrants and minorities in most Western European countries. While transnational migration studies have documented migrants’ cross-border activities there have been few empirically grounded efforts to theorise these developments in the framework of integration and status theory.

Based on a case study of Ghanaian migrants, this book seeks to understand integration processes and develops a the...