Superdiversity Migration and Social Complexity

Superdiversity explores processes of diversification and the complex, emergent social configurations that now supersede prior forms of diversity in societies around the world. Migration plays a key role in these processes, bringing changes not just in social, cultural, religious and linguistic pheno...

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Main Author: Vertovec, Steven (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2023
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