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"Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Migration in Sub-Saharan Africa" published on by Oxford University Press.

What interests me as a scholar and a person is how diversity is being lived in urban environments, what multiculturalism looks like on the ground. On the heels of a sabbatical year of fieldwork in 20142015, I have just completed an investigation into the impact that the severe economic downturn following the financial crisis of 20072008 has had on the integration of urban migrants in Europe and North America. I compare the experiences of migrants from five countries of origin (Ghana, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, and Serbia) in five similar, secondary global cities: Barcelona, Chicago, Hamburg, Montr???U?al, and Toronto. My work uses statistical analysis to gauge changes in residential concentration and segregation, unemployment, poverty, and social assistance rate?what is generally referred to as structural integration. I also provide qualitative analyses of individual city neighborhoods where migrant groups have settled, exploring the area? evolution and the ambivalent impact that local policy responses have had on their resident? quality of life. Gathering the data for this project has given me insights into both the challenges and the rewards of migrant integration research, comparative urban research, and mixed-methods research.

This book examines how the severe economic downturn following the 2007-2008 financial crisis affected the structural integration and quality of life of urban migrants in Europe and North America. It compares the experiences of migrants from Poland, Romania, Serbia, Pakistan, and Ghana in five similar, secondary global cities of Hamburg (Germany), Barcelona (Spain), Chicago (USA), Toronto (Ontario, Canada), and Montréal (Québec, Canada) over the period of 2000-2015. The work uses statistical analysis to gauge changes in residential segregation and structural integration (such as unemployment, poverty, and social assistance rates). It then provides qualitative analyses of individual city neighborhoods where the target migrant groups have settled, exploring each community's unique evolution and the ambivalent impact that local policy responses have had on their quality of life. With this study, researchers, instructors, students, and policymakers with an interest in migration, urban development, and global cities will be far more knowledgeable of both the potential and limits of policy efforts.

Annotation, Patrick Ireland argues that it is incorrect blithely to anticipate unavoidable conflict between Muslim immigrants and European host societies. Noting similarities in the structure of the welfare states in Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium -- as well as in their respective North African and Turkish immigrant communities -- he compares national- and city-level developments to show how approaches toward immigrant settlement have diverged widely and evolved over time