Honouring the Dual Commitment: Remittance Strategies of Ghanaian Migrants in Amsterdam
This paper seeks to understand the rationale behind the practice of remittances and to examine its impact on the living standards and conditions of Ghanaian remitters living in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. This study investigates how remitters are able to sustain their lifestyles in a foreign country, and the sacrifices and compromises made in terms of their dual commitment to support families in Ghana and in the Netherlands. A qualitative approach using in-depth interviews was adopted in order to give research participants an opportunity to talk broadly about their lived experiences as Ghanaia... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2014 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Migracijske i Etniĉke Teme, Vol 30, Iss 2, Pp 193-213 (2014) |
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Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies
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Schlagwörter: | migration / remittances / dual commitment / Ghana / the Netherlands / Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration / JV1-9480 |
Sprache: | Englisch Französisch Croatian Russian Serbian |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29170351 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doaj.org/article/5d5789f151ad4bedb08627ac116ee321 |