Arthur, John A.: "Class Formation and Inequality Structures in Contemporary African Migration: Evidence from Ghana."(Book review)

• Author: Nti, Kwaku

Arthur, John A. Class Formation and Inequality Structures in Contemporary African Migration: Evidence from Ghana. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2014.

In Class Formation and Inequality Structures in Contemporary African Migration: Evidence from Ghana, John A. Arthur attempts to insert class and inequality narratives into post-colonial African migration and Diaspora scholarship using Ghanaian experiences. He looks at how the class dynamic plays out in the countries of origination and also in the various destinations or host countries. The book is an interesting one; and as the author himself indicates, it is one that will "hopefully open up a discussion and illuminate the inter-connections between African class structures, social inequalities, and migration" (p. xi). Grounding his thesis in the assertions of Bahr et al. (2002), Arthur argues that "South-North migration is principally driven by the concept of inequality in varied forms, especially the disparate distribution of goods and services, or lack of access to structural opportunities" (p. xi).

In the book, which has seven chapters, the author asserts that although a good number of books deal with the...