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Peter Geschiere
Researcher at University of Amsterdam
Publications - 109
Citations - 3985
Peter Geschiere is an academic researcher from University of Amsterdam. The author has contributed to research in topics: Politics & Citizenship. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 96 publications receiving 3816 citations. Previous affiliations of Peter Geschiere include Arizona State University.
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The Perils of Belonging: Autochthony, Citizenship, and Exclusion in Africa and Europe
TL;DR: The Perils of Belonging as discussed by the authors traces the concept of autochthony back to the classical period and incisively explores the idea in two very different contexts: Cameroon and the Netherlands.
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Capitalism and Autochthony: The Seesaw of Mobility and Belonging
TL;DR: The most striking aspect of recent developments in Africa is that democratization seems to trigger a general obsession with autochthony and ethnic citizenship invariably defined against "strangers" as mentioned in this paper.
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AUTOCHTHONY: Local or Global? New Modes in the Struggle over Citizenship and Belonging in Africa and Europe
Bambi Ceuppens,Peter Geschiere +1 more
TL;DR: The authors compare studies of the upsurge of autochthony in Africa with interpretations of the rallying power of a similar discourse in Western Europe, highlighting the extreme malleability of the apparently self-evident claims o...
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Introduction: The Urban-Rural Connection: Changing Issues of Belonging and Identification
Peter Geschiere,Josef Gugler +1 more
TL;DR: Nyamnjoh et al. as mentioned in this paper pointed out that life in the cities could hardly be understood without reference to the continuing involvement of urban residents with their rural area of origin.