| Insiders and Outsiders: Citizenship and Xenophobia in Contemporary Southern Africa Contributor(s): Nyamnjoh, Francis B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1842776770 ISBN-13: 9781842776773 Publisher: Zed Books OUR PRICE: $45.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2006 Annotation: This study of xenophobia and how it both exploits and excludes is an incisive commentary on a globalizing world and its consequences for ordinary people's lives. Using the examples of Sub-Saharan Africa's two most economically successful nations, it meticulously documents the fate of immigrants and the new politics of insiders and outsiders. As globalization becomes a palpable reality, citizenship, sociality and belonging are subjected to stresses to which few societies have devised a civil response beyond yet more controls. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - History | Africa - South - General - Social Science | Social Classes & Economic Disparity |
| Dewey: 305.560 |
| LCCN: 2005047355 |
| Series: Africa in the New Millennium |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 7.22" W x 8.5" (0.80 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southern Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study of xenophobia and how it both exploits and excludes is an incisive commentary on a globalizing world and its consequences for ordinary people's lives. Using the examples of Sub-Saharan Africa's two most economically successful nations, it meticulously documents the fate of immigrants and the new politics of insiders and outsiders. As globalization becomes a palpable reality, citizenship, sociality and belonging are subjected to stresses to which few societies have devised a civil response beyond yet more controls. |