Tactical cosmopolitanism and idioms of belonging: Insertion and self-exclusion in johannesburg

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 375-390

  Landau, Loren B ^a   Freemantle, Iriann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cosmopolitanism; Immigration; Johannesburg; South Africa; Xenophobia

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT POPULATION; IMMIGRATION; PARADIGM SHIFT; POPULATION MIGRATION; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL INCLUSION;

GAUTENG; JOHANNESBURG; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 76649086067     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691830903494901     Document Type: Article

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