Multicultural living?: Experiences of everyday racism among Ghanaian migrants in London

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-117

  Herbert, Joanna ^a   May, Jon ^a   Wills, Jane ^a   Datta, Kavita ^a   Evans, Yara ^a   McIlwaine, Cathy ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diaspora; Ghanaians; Migrants; Multiculturalism; Racialization

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DIASPORA; ETHNIC GROUP; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; MINORITY GROUP; MULTICULTURALISM; RACISM;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 40649088366     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: 14617145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776407087544     Document Type: Conference Paper

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