Full Description
This book historicises and analyses the increasing incidence of xenophobia and nativism in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
It examines how xenophobia and nativism impact the political cohesion and social fabric of states and societies in the regions and offers solutions to aid policy formation and implementation. Rather than utilising an overarching framework, individual theory is applied to chapters to analyse the diverse connections between xenophobia and nativism in the regions. The book explores the economic, nationalistic, political, social, cultural, and psychological triggers for xenophobia and nativism and their impact on an increasingly interconnected and interrelated world. In addition to the individual and comparative examination of these triggers, the book outlines how they can be decreased or altered and argues that Pan-Africanism and the unity of purpose among diverse groups in the western hemisphere is still an ideal to which Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean can aspire.
This book will be of interest to academics in the field of African history, African Studies, Caribbean and Latin American studies, cultural anthropology and comparative sociology.
Contents
Introduction: Understanding Xenophobia and Nativism in the Global South Section 1: Paradigms and Perspectives 1. Xenophobia and Nativism in South Africa: exceptional phenomena or standard Africa-wide practices? 2. Colonial Roots for Contemporary Xenophobic Attitudes: Dominican Hatred Towards the Haitians 3. Citizenship, Belonging and the "Stupid Federation:" The Colonial Roots of Contemporary Xenophobia and Nativism in Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe 4. Aliens and Strangers in West Africa States: Interrogating the 1969/1983 Ghana-Nigeria Post-Colonial Immigrants Crises Section 2: Domestic and Global Insights 5. Global Perspective on Xenophobia: The African Experience, 2015-2019 6. When Xenophobes Turn Their Faces on Foreigners: Whom to Blame? The Government or The Natives 7. Factors Influencing Xenophobic Attacks Recurrences and Their Implications on South Africa's Foreign Policy Section 3: Case Studies and Multiregional Assessments 8. Haitian Migration, The Bahamas, and the Wider Caribbean 9. Migration and Xenophobia in Southern Africa: Assessing the Benefits of Social Inclusion in South Africa and Zimbabwe 10. Xenophobia and Nativism against Haitian Immigrants in Brazil and Chile 11. Othering Our Neighbors: Examples of Nativism and Xenophobia in Calypso 12. Caribbean Xenophobia and Nativism 13. Conclusion: Xenophobia and Nativism in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean
