Citizenship, Authenticity, and Belonging in Europe and Ghana: The Case of the Ghanaian Migrant

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dc.contributor.authorGyekye-Jandoh, M.A.
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-28T11:50:28Z
dc.date.available2020-02-28T11:50:28Z
dc.date.issued2012-06
dc.descriptionGhana Social Science Journal, 9(1), 1-14en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study analysed the perspectives of first generation Ghanaian migrants to and from Europe regarding the changing definition of citizenship in Europe, and how these perspectives, including the notion of authenticity, impacted Ghanaian migrants' feelings of 'home' and 'belonging'. It examined 'belonging' and authenticity in relation to the family at 'home', and looked at migrants' feelings of belonging in the 'host' country in Europe in relation to their feelings of belonging in their country of origin or 'home' country. The results indicated that Ghanaian migrants tended to exhibit a more instrumental approach to the acquisition of citizenship in Europe and were sceptical of 'belonging' in their host country. When it came to the issue of 'belonging' in their home country, Ghana, these migrants tended to exhibit less of an instrumental approach and more of an emotional approach, making reintegration possibleen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Amsterdam's Amsterdam School for Social Science Research (ASSR)-NWO Program: Citizenship, National Canons and the Issue of Cultural Diversity: The Netherlands in International Perspective.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0855-4730
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/35047
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherGhana Social Science Journalen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries9;1
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.subjectCitizenshipen_US
dc.subjectEuropeen_US
dc.subjectImmigrationen_US
dc.subjectMigranten_US
dc.titleCitizenship, Authenticity, and Belonging in Europe and Ghana: The Case of the Ghanaian Migranten_US
dc.typeJournalen_US

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