ISBN:
9789956551613
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (764 pages)
Parallel Title:
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DDC:
303.4833
Keywords:
Information technology ; Social aspects
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Book Series -- Preface by Chief Fortune Charumbira -- Contents -- Acknowledgement -- A Word on the Review Procedure -- Acronyms -- Preamble -- Part I. Theoretical Perspectives -- Chapter 1 - Black Holes in the Global Digital Landscape: The Fuelling of Human Trafficking on the African Continent -- Introduction -- Methodology -- The knowledge society -- Architecture of the information network -- The geographic misrepresentation of Africa and its effect on latency -- Black holes in the global digital landscape -- Stuck with this legacy -- Digitalisation of human trafficking for ransom -- Some empirical evidence -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 - Network Gatekeepers in Human Trafficking: Profiting from the Misery of Eritreans in the Digital Era -- Introduction -- Network gatekeepers -- The uneven digitally-connected world -- Methodology -- The relationship between the gated and the gatekeepers -- Alternative information sources -- Ability to produce and distribute information -- Relationship between the gated and the gatekeepers -- Political power -- The dependence of Eritrean refugees on human traffickers -- Alternatives to migration to Europe -- Alternative migration routes or options -- Autonomy to choose human smugglers and traffickers -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 - Bound Together in the Digital Era: Poverty, Migration and Human Trafficking -- Introduction -- The relationship between human trafficking and mixed migration -- Poverty, the main driver of mixed migration -- The cycle of poverty and human trafficking -- Deliberate poverty -- Trafficking in a digital age -- Slavery and trafficking for ransom: A profitable industry -- An African perspective on combatting human trafficking through the eradication of poverty -- Conclusion -- References.
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