This book analyses post-migration social networks via the notion of
superdiversity. Approaching diversity as relational and complexly
configured through multiple migration-related differentiations, it
challenges us to rethink how we talk about and classify migrant
networks. Based on research in two cities of migration - London and
Toronto - the author investigates how we can use a superdiversity
lens to discuss migrant networks in urban contexts. Focusing on the
personal networks of Pacific Islanders and New Zealand Maori, she
sheds light on the sociality practices of relatively small groups
of migrants, the members of which are nonetheless differentiated in
terms of superdiversity. Using cluster analytic pattern detection
to explore alternative ways of describing migrant networks, she
brings into play multifaceted descriptions such as city-cohort,
long-term resident, superdiverse and migrant-peer networks.
Visualising complex patterns of diversity, this book therefore
contributes to theoretical debates by proposing a relational
understanding of diversity rather than one based on the enumeration
of (ethnic) categories. This book will appeal to sociologists,
political scientists and all scholars interested in urban
diversity, migration and diasporas.
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