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Living With Xenophobia : Zimbabwean Informal Enterprise in South Africa /

This report examines the impact of xenophobic violence on Zimbabweans who are trying to make a living in the South African informal sector and finds that xenophobic violence has several key characteristics that put them at constant risk of losing their livelihoods and their lives. The businesses run...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Crush, Jonathan, 1953- (Autor), Tevera, Daniel S. (Autor), Chikanda, Abel (Autor), Tawodzera, Godfrey (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2017
Colección:Migration policy series ; no. 77.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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