ISBN:
184813455X
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1848134568
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1848134576
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9781848134553
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9781848134560
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9781848134577
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (x, 150 p)
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maps
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Serie:
Africa now
Paralleltitel:
Print version Child Migration in Africa
DDC:
304.8083096
Schlagwort(e):
Unaccompanied immigrant children
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Children Social conditions
Kurzfassung:
Child Migration in Africa explores the mobility of children without their parents within West Africa. Drawing on the experiences of children from rural Burkina Faso and Ghana, the book provides rich material on the circumstances of children's voluntary migration and their experiences of it. Part of the groundbreaking Africa Now series, Child Migration in Africa is an important and timely contribution to an under-researched area
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
About the authors; Preface; 1 | Introduction: interrogating childhood and migration; Universalizing ideals of childhood; Childhood and its constituting concepts; The mobility-migration nexus in West Africa; Children's migration; Conclusion; 2 | Contexts of migration; Map 2.1 The research areas in West Africa; Communities generating child migrants; Histories of migration; Children's worlds and work; Children's worlds and learning; Conclusion: the importance of context; 3 | Choosing to move: the reasons for rural children's migration; Researching with children; Moving to find work
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Moving and educationMoving to 'help'; Moving and family crisis; Children's migration and inter-generational conflict; Negotiated moves: the gendered nature of children's migratory trajectories; Conclusion; 4 | Journeys and arrivals: introductions to new social worlds; Social networks, kin and relatedness; Map 4.1 Amadou's travel route; Peer networks facilitating adolescents' migration; Getting in touch with established migrants; Children's and youth's journeys; The first journey; Safety mechanisms, trafficking and opportunistic journeys; Arriving in new spaces
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Conclusion: journeying as part of extensive migrant networks5 | Navigating migrant life: processes of constructing identities; Getting into migrant work at rural and urban destinations; Striving for autonomy; Mobility at the destination; Educational dreams and dilemmas; Navigating identities and social contexts as migrants; 6 | Moving on; Revisiting the universalized ideals; Evaluating children's choices; Strategies in moving and the multiplicity of possible transitions; Negotiating social statuses; Child migrants' tactical choices; Postscript; Notes; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Chapter 4Chapter 5; Bibliography; Index
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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