Ethnicity, Migration and Enterprise [electronic resource] /
Panayiotopoulos, P.author.
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.
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Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; 1 Ethnicity, Migration, Enterprise; 2 Turkish Entrepreneurs in the European Union: A Political-Institutional Analysis; 3 Chinese Entrepreneurs in Europe and the United States:Studies in Informal Economies; 4 Hispanic American Entrepreneurs in the United States; 5 Polish Migration and Enterprise in the European Union: Between the Old and the New; 6 Conclusion: Winners and Losers; Glossary of Key Terms and Concepts; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Social policy.
Ethnicity.
Social justice.
Human rights.
Industrial sociology.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Economic sociology.
Social Policy.
Ethnicity Studies.
Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.
Sociology of Work.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.