Getting by in Europe's Urban Labour Markets: Senegambian Migrants' Strategies for Survival, Documentation and Mobility
- ISBN-10
- 9089640509
- ISBN-13
- 9789089640505
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 235
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-01-01
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- Author
- Inge van Nieuwenhuyze
Description
A thesis that examines two major social changes experienced by European cities: post-industrial economic restructuring and new immigration flows. It also discusses the link between both these social changes with a variety of theoretical approaches and in many descriptive contributions.
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