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The Concept of Diaspora from the Perspective of International Business and Economy: An Introduction to the Book Read chapter Read first chapter

2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Socialising to Entrepreneurship: Issues in Diaspora Entrepreneurship and Multiculturalism in the UK

Author : Sanya Ojo

Published in: Diaspora Networks in International Business

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This chapter connects culture and multiculturalism through a case study illustration to demonstrate the emergence of diaspora entrepreneurship in partying events among a black African group in the UK. The economic and social values of ethnic socio-cultural events are examined at the micro (individual), meso (group), and macro (society) levels. Whilst the individual and the society reap the benefit of the economic value in forms of economic empowerment and job creation, the group benefits from the social value in form of social bonding. However, there is the potentiality of events’ social impact contributing to the failure of multiculturalism (as espoused by the government). Hence, the perceived failure of multiculturalism in the UK found economic justifications in this genre of derived diaspora entrepreneurship.

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Metadata
Title
Socialising to Entrepreneurship: Issues in Diaspora Entrepreneurship and Multiculturalism in the UK
Author
Sanya Ojo
Copyright Year
2019
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Book
Diaspora Networks in International Business

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-91094-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-91095-6

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91095-6_14