Reference Hub2
Community Engagement as a Strategy to Facilitate the Immigrant-Local Cohesion

Community Engagement as a Strategy to Facilitate the Immigrant-Local Cohesion

Tshimangadzo Selina Mudau
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781799870999|ISBN10: 1799870995|EISBN13: 9781799871019
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7099-9.ch015
Cite Chapter Cite Chapter

MLA

Mudau, Tshimangadzo Selina. "Community Engagement as a Strategy to Facilitate the Immigrant-Local Cohesion." Impact of Immigration and Xenophobia on Development in Africa, edited by Mavhungu Abel Mafukata, IGI Global, 2021, pp. 261-274. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7099-9.ch015

APA

Mudau, T. S. (2021). Community Engagement as a Strategy to Facilitate the Immigrant-Local Cohesion. In M. Mafukata (Ed.), Impact of Immigration and Xenophobia on Development in Africa (pp. 261-274). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7099-9.ch015

Chicago

Mudau, Tshimangadzo Selina. "Community Engagement as a Strategy to Facilitate the Immigrant-Local Cohesion." In Impact of Immigration and Xenophobia on Development in Africa, edited by Mavhungu Abel Mafukata, 261-274. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7099-9.ch015

Export Reference

Mendeley
Favorite

Abstract

The hostility directed towards immigrants has been studied and reported through various forms of media and literature. Similarly, mitigating factors have been explored to establish and restore peace and immigrant-local cohesion. The chapter explored different community engagement strategies implemented to enhance immigrant-local cohesion. The chapter is anchored on Ubuntu philosophy. The philosophy has been integrated with the evolution of immigration and different policies and guidelines to promote and protect immigrants' lives globally. Data have been analyzed through critical discourse analysis. Critical discourse analyses assisted in deconstructing hegemonic social practices such as social practices, language, texts, and constructs as social-cohesion facilitators. Conclusions are that social constructs can create and perpetuate acceptance, integration, and formation of networks to enhance positive relationships between migrants and locals.

Request Access

You do not own this content. Please login to recommend this title to your institution's librarian or purchase it from the IGI Global bookstore.