ISBN:
9789811563980
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (159 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
304.8096
Keywords:
Africa-Emigration and immigration-Government policy
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Electronic books
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Africa Emigration and immigration
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Government policy
Abstract:
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Author -- List of Figures -- 1: Introduction: Reflecting on the Practice of Migration in Africa -- Extant Culture of Migration in Africa: Juxtaposing Pre-Modern Practice with Contemporary Pattern -- Theoretical and Conceptual Discourse on Migration Processes in Africa -- Theoretical Synthesis -- Research Design and Sources of Data -- Socio-Historical Undertones of African Transnationalism -- Migration Network and Patterns in African Context -- Role of Identity in African Migration -- Why Budding Preference for Transnational Migration in a Globalizing African Society? -- References -- 2: Failed Governance: The Foundation of a Culture of Irregular Migration in Twenty-First-Century Africa -- Manifestations of Failed/Failing Governance Structure in Africa -- Corruption: An Outcome of Failed Governance and a Stimulator of Irregular Migrations in Africa -- Conflicts and Rising Cases of Human Displacement in Africa -- Humanitarian Crisis as a Factor of Irregular Migration in Africa -- Social Injustice and Economic Deprivation as Factors of Irregular Migrations in Africa -- Poor Development Initiatives as Precursors of Irregular Migrations in Africa -- Regional Free Movement Protocol and Failing/Failed National Governance in Africa -- References -- 3: African Demographic Dividend, Migration-Development Nexus and Global Economic Reality -- The Nature of Migration Crises in a Globalizing African Society -- Youth Unemployment and Challenge of Irregular Migration in Africa -- Unstructured Transnational Migration as Inevitable Alternative to Economic Deprivation Among African Youth -- Regional Integration in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities -- 'Open Border' Policy as Remedy for Unstructured Transnational Mobility of African Youth -- Migration-Development Nexus: Transnationalism as a Win-Win Scenario.
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