Waithood and creativity in the absence of resettlement: evidence from “residual” Liberian refugees in Nigeria

Taxonomy Associations

Migration processes

• Migration drivers

  • Conflict, war and violence
  • Migration governance and infrastructure
  • Migration policy and other public policies
  • Migrant aspirations and attitudes
  • Transnational ties

• Migration forms

  • Refugees
  • Transnational migration

Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)

• Socio-cultural consequences

  • Cultural identity and belonging
  • Diasporas and transnational communities

• Socio-economic consequences

  • Migrant businesses and entrepreneurship
  • Migrant human capital and skills
  • Socio-economic inequality, mobility and migration

• Transversal consequences

  • Psychological consequences of migration
  • Social cohesion

• Legal-political consequences

  • Nationhood and nationalism

Migration governance

• Migration policy and law

  • Policies on mobility

Cross-cutting topics in migration research

• Migration research and theory

  • Development of migration studies

• Transversal themes

  • Race and ethnicity

Disciplines

• Disciplines

  • Anthropology
  • Demography
  • Sociology

• Subject Areas

  • Area Studies
  • Development Studies
  • Ethnic Studies
  • Peace and Conflict studies

Methods

• Qualitative research

  • Interviews / FGD / Oral history
  • Ethnography and grounded theory
  • Observation (participant and non-participant)

• Types of study

  • Single case
  • One sited

Geographies

• Scope

  • Global
  • International

• UN Countries

  • Liberia
  • Nigeria