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4 - Alternative Explanations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2014

Claire L. Adida
Affiliation:
University of California, San Diego
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The evidence used in this book to substantiate the claim that cultural overlap may yield greater exclusion among immigrant minorities in urban West Africa is drawn from several sources of data. Interview data with Yoruba, Hausa, and indigenous members of Accra, Cotonou, and Niamey provide qualitative evidence linking cultural overlap to the threat of group identity loss and to greater immigrant group attachment. Survey data with Yoruba and Hausa immigrants in Accra, Cotonou and Niamey provide quantitative evidence linking cultural overlap to greater immigrant group attachment. Survey data with indigenous members of Accra and Niamey provide quantitative statistical evidence linking cultural overlap to greater host exclusion. These diverse sources of data are woven together in this book to substantiate a counterintuitive claim that cultural similarities can exacerbate immigrant exclusion.

In this chapter I provide additional evidence for the argument, tackling questions of internal and external validity that are characteristic of largely observational data. First, I demonstrate the robustness of my findings. Second, I dispel concerns about potential confounding effects. Finally, I tackle other methodological issues specific to the use of survey instruments.

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Immigrant Exclusion and Insecurity in Africa
Coethnic Strangers
, pp. 94 - 117
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2014

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  • Alternative Explanations
  • Claire L. Adida, University of California, San Diego
  • Book: Immigrant Exclusion and Insecurity in Africa
  • Online publication: 05 July 2014
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107253056.004
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  • Alternative Explanations
  • Claire L. Adida, University of California, San Diego
  • Book: Immigrant Exclusion and Insecurity in Africa
  • Online publication: 05 July 2014
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107253056.004
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  • Alternative Explanations
  • Claire L. Adida, University of California, San Diego
  • Book: Immigrant Exclusion and Insecurity in Africa
  • Online publication: 05 July 2014
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107253056.004
Available formats
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