University of South Carolina Scholar Commons Theses and Dissertations Summer 2020 Immigrant Belonging in Belgium: Laws, Localities, and Living Together Samuel P. Nielson Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd Part of the Geography Commons Recommended Citation Nielson, S. P.(2020). Immigrant Belonging in Belgium: Laws, Localities, and Living Together. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/6022 This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you by Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. IMMIGRANT BELONGING IN BELGIUM: LAWS, LOCALITIES, AND LIVING TOGETHER by Samuel P. Nielson Bachelor of Science Brigham Young University, 2007 Juris Doctor University of Iowa, 2010 Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Geography College of Arts and Sciences University of South Carolina 2020 Accepted by: Caroline Nagel, Major Professor Amy Mills, Committee Member David Kneas, Committee Member Alexander Murphy, Committee Member Cheryl L. Addy, Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School © Copyright by Samuel P. Nielson, 2020 All Rights Reserved. ii DEDICATION To my amazing and supportive wife Chanell, who made this possible, and to our wonderful daughters who made this an adventure. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I am grateful to my family for their love and support. I really could not have done this without you. Chanell, you are my everything. I next wish to thank my committee. I will always be grateful to Dr. Amy Mills for her fantastic guidance both with this dissertation and in my academic career generally.