ISBN:
9781552504994
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192040922X
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9781920118976
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9781920409227
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 416 p)
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ill
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25 cm
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Paralleltitel:
Print version Zimbabwe's Exodus : Crisis, Migration, Survival
DDC:
304.8096891
Schlagwort(e):
African diaspora Economic aspects
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Emigrant remittances
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African diaspora ; Economic aspects
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Emigrant remittances ; Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe ; Economic conditions
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Zimbabwe ; Emigration and immigration
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Electronic books
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Zimbabwe Emigration and immigration
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Zimbabwe Economic conditions
Kurzfassung:
The ongoing crisis in Zimbabwe has led to an unprecedented exodus of over a million desperate people from all strata of Zimbabwean society. The Zimbabwean diaspora is now truly global in extent. Yet rather than turning their backs on Zimbabwe, most maintain very close links with the country, returning often and remitting billions of dollars each year. Zimbabwe's Exodus. Crisis, Migration, Survival is written by leading migration scholars many from the Zimbabwean diaspora. The book explores the relationship between Zimbabwe's economic and political crisis and migration as a survival strategy. T
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Acronyms; Chapter One. Exiting Zimbabwe; ZIMBABWE'S DIASPORA: A PROFILE; MIGRATION AND ZIMBABWEAN DE-DEVELOPMENT; MIGRATION THEMES; NOTES; The Truth Will come Out; Chapter Two. A History of Zimbabwean Migration to 1990; PRECOLONIAL PEOPLING OF THE ZIMBABWE PLATEAU; WHITE MIGRATION, 1890-1990; MIGRANT LABOUR TO ZIMBABWE; MIGRANT LABOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA; MIGRATION AND THE THIRTY YEAR WAR; CONCLUSION; NOTES; When things go bad
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Chapter Three. Internal Migration in Zimbabwe: The Impact of Livelihood Destruction in Rural and Urban AreasINTERNAL MIGRATION IN THE 1980s; INTERNAL MIGRATION IN THE 1990s; LIVELIHOD DESTRUCTION AND INTERNAL MIGRATION; CONCLUSION; NOTES; Leaving for Health Reasons; Chapter Four. Discontent and Departure: Attitudes of Skilled Zimbabweans Towards Emigration; THE POTENTIAL EMIGRANT POOL; PREDICTING SKILLS EMIGRATION; QUALITY OF LIFE IN ZIMBABWE; CONCLUSION; NOTES; The biggest reward; Chapter Five. Nursing the Health System: The Migration of Health Professionals from Zimbabwe
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
TRENDS IN NURSE MIGRATIONIMPACTS OF NURSE MIGRATION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTES; Back to reality; Chapter Six. Transnational Lives: The Experience of Zimbabweans in Britain; ZIMBABWEANS IN THE UK; AFTER MIGRATING; TRANSNATIONAL LIVES; RETURN MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT; CONCLUSION; NOTES; Killing Yourself; Chapter Seven. Between Obligation, Profit and Shame: Zimbabwean Migrants and the UK Care Industry; THE UK CARE INDUSTRY; MIGRATION AND ASYLUM IN THE UK; BECOMING A CARER; CONDITIONS AND TRAJECTORIES OF WORK; FRUSTRATIONS AND BRICK WALLS; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTES
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
No life at allChapter Eight. Regendering the Zimbabwean Diaspora in Britain; REDEFINING GENDER RELATIONS IN THE DIASPORA HOUSEHOLD; MALE RESPONSES TO LOSS OF AUTHORITY; NEW DOMESTIC RELATIONSHIPS; PUBLIC SPACES AND GENDER ROLES; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; NOTES; Surviving well; Chapter Nine. Zimbabwe in Johannesburg; MIGRATION NUMBERS AND TRENDS; ZIMBABWEAN MIGRANTS IN PROFILE; WORKING IN JOHANNESBURG; CONCLUSION; NOTES; Staying in a container; Chapter Ten. Zimbabweans on the Farms of Northern South Africa; ZONE OF EXCEPTION; ZIMBABWEAN FARMWORKERS: 1998 AND 2005; WORKING IN SOUTH AFRICA
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
CROS-BORDER DEPENDENCIESCONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTES; If I Get Sick, Take Me home; Chapter Eleven. The Voices of Migrant Zimbabwean Women in South Africa; DECIDING TO MIGRATE; CROSSING INTO SOUTH AFRICA; MIGRATION, CHANGE AND EXCLUSION; POLICY PERCEPTIONS; CONCLUSION; NOTES; Under the bridge; Chapter Twelve. Smuggling on the Zimbabwe-Mozambique Border; "SMUGLING" AS A LIVELIHOOD; THE ZIMBABWE-MOZAMBIQUE BORDER; THE RISE OF SMUGLING; TRAVER SING THE BORDER; STATE RESPONSES TO SMUGGLING; CONCLUSION; NOTES; Rough treatment
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Chapter Thirteen. Migrant Remittances and Household Survival in Zimbabwe
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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