Ethical trade and social integration: ana analysis of Polish trade in the Ruhr river basin

Ethnic shops have large spatial and social representativity among the entrepreneurial activities of the ethnic economy. Ethnic retail may become a good opportunity for immigrants, as long as it is inserted in a positive social and geographical atmosphere, mostly when immigrants are one the most disa...

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Published in:Investigaciones geográficas 2012-01 (58), p.89
Main Author: Ana Espinosa Seguí
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Subjects:
Disadvantaged groups
Empirical analysis
Employment
Immigrants
Integration
Retail stores
River basins
Rivers
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Summary:Ethnic shops have large spatial and social representativity among the entrepreneurial activities of the ethnic economy. Ethnic retail may become a good opportunity for immigrants, as long as it is inserted in a positive social and geographical atmosphere, mostly when immigrants are one the most disadvantaged groups of post-industrial economies in order to find a new job. For this reason, self-employment is considered a viable alternative against industrial unemployment. In this article, an empirical research has been carried out in the Ruhr Area among Polish grocery stores in order to analyse the grade of social, territorial and commercial integration of these shops in the society and economy of the host country.
ISSN:0213-4691
1989-9890
DOI:10.14198/INGEO2012.58.04