Solastalgia: Environmentally Induced Distress and Migration Among Africa’s Poor Due to Climate Change
In: Environment, Forced Migration and Social Vulnerability, S. 57-69
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In: Environment, Forced Migration and Social Vulnerability, S. 57-69
In: Global Perspectives on Health Geography Ser.
In: Habitat international: a journal for the study of human settlements, Band 47, S. 52-60
In: Emotion, space and society, Band 7, S. 13-25
ISSN: 1755-4586
In: Cogent social sciences, Band 9, Heft 1
ISSN: 2331-1886
In: Journal of Asian and African studies: JAAS, Band 53, Heft 2, S. 297-313
ISSN: 1745-2538
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In: Journal of population research, Band 34, Heft 2, S. 165-183
ISSN: 1835-9469
In: Journal of Asian and African studies: JAAS, Band 53, Heft 2, S. 297-313
ISSN: 1745-2538
This paper assesses the relative effects of acculturation preferences (assimilation, separation, integration, and marginalization) on migrants' perception of acceptability in James Town, a traditional urban neighborhood in Accra, Ghana. There is a paucity of academic work on the relationship between migrants' acculturation inclinations and their assessment of the hosts' attitude towards them in Ghana. Cognizant of the fluidity of acculturation strategies, the study focuses on individual inclinations towards acculturation. To examine migrants' perception of acceptability by the host, we use perceived personal discrimination. We utilize results from a semi-structured questionnaire administered to 301 migrant individuals from different migrant households in James Town. Our findings suggest that migrants with assimilation preferences are less likely to have a higher rating on the extent to which they are discriminated against by the host population. Such an exploratory study is pertinent to understanding relationships (conflicts or "togetherness in difference") in poor multi-ethnic settings.