African Border Boom Town

Author : A. I. Asiwaju
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Borderlands
ISBN : 9789211422

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African Border Boom Town by A. I. Asiwaju Pdf

Author : Inocent Moyo,Jussi P. Laine,Christopher Changwe Nshimbi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000343908

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Intra-Africa Migrations by Inocent Moyo,Jussi P. Laine,Christopher Changwe Nshimbi Pdf

This book discusses regional and continental integration in Africa by examining the management of migration across the continent. It examines borders and securitisation of migration and the challenges and opportunities that arise out of reconfigured continental demographics. The book offers insights on intra-Africa migrations and highlights how intra-continental migration creates socio-economic and cultural borders. It explores how these borders, beyond the physical boundaries of states, including the Berlin Conference-constructed borders, create cultural divides, challenges for economic integration and cross-border security, and irregular migration patterns. While the movement of economic goods is valued for regional economic integration, the mobility of people is seen as a threat. This approach to migration contradicts the intentions of true integration and development, and triggers negative responses such as xenophobia that cannot be addressed by simply managing the physical border and allowing free movement. This book engages in a pivotal discussion of these issues, which are hitherto missing in African border studies, by demonstrating the ubiquity and overreaching influence of various kinds of borders on the African continent. With multidisciplinary contributions that provide an in-depth understanding of intra-Africa migrations and strategies for enhanced migration management, this book will be a useful resource for scholars and students studying geography, politics, security studies, development studies, African studies and sociology.

Author : Kudakwashe Vanyoro
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781529225839

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Migration, Crisis and Temporality at the Zimbabwe–South Africa Border by Kudakwashe Vanyoro Pdf

Only 15 kilometres away from the border of Zimbabwe, Musina is an obscure town in South Africa that the media cast into the public eye in the wake of the 2008 Zimbabwean economic crisis. Taking as its starting point the arrival of thousands of displaced Zimbabwean migrants at Musina, this book presents valuable new perspectives on the temporality of migration and the governance of immobilities. The author explores the role of humanitarian actors in supporting migrants and examines the outcomes of government-led activities in the longer term. This is an insightful assessment of how state and non-state practices intertwine in the management of largely immobile people, and of the importance of time in understanding African migration and borders.

Author : Thomas M. Wilson,Hastings Donnan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781119111672

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A Companion to Border Studies by Thomas M. Wilson,Hastings Donnan Pdf

A Companion to Border Studies A Companion to Border Studies “Taking into consideration all aspects this book has a very important role in the professional literature of border studies.” Cross-Border Review Yearbook of the European Institute “Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” Choice “This book, with its interdisciplinary team of authors from many world regions, shows the state of the art in this research field admirably.” Ulf Hannerz, Stockholm University “This volume will be the definitive work on borders and border-related processes for years into the future. The editors have done an outstanding job of identifying key themes, and of assembling influential scholars to address these themes. David Nugent, Emory University “This urgently needed Companion, edited by two leading figures of border studies, reflects past insights and showcases new directions: a must read for understanding territory, power and the state.” Dr. Nick Vaughan-Williams, University of Warwick “This impressive collection will have a broad appeal beyond specialist border studies. Anyone with an interest in the nation-state, nationalism, ethnicity, political geography or, indeed, the whole historical project of the modern world system will want to have access to a copy. The substantive scope is global and the intellectual reach deep and wide. Simply indispensable. ” Richard Jenkins, University of Sheffield Dramatic growth in the number of international borders has coincided in recent years with greater mobility than ever before – of goods, people and ideas. As a result, interest in borders as a focus of academic study has developed into a dynamic, multi-disciplinary field, embracing perspectives from anthropology, development studies, geography, history, political science and sociology. Authors provide a comprehensive examination of key characteristics of borders and frontiers, including cross-border cooperation, security and controls, migration and population displacements, hybridity, and transnationalism. A Companion to Border Studies brings together these disciplines and viewpoints, through the writing of an international collection of preeminent border scholars. Drawing on research from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas, the contributors argue that the future of Border Studies lies within such diverse collaborations, which approach comparatively the features of borders worldwide.

Author : Christopher Changwe Nshimbi,Inocent Moyo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030428907

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Borders, Mobility, Regional Integration and Development by Christopher Changwe Nshimbi,Inocent Moyo Pdf

This book examines social, economic and political issues in West, Eastern and Southern Africa in relation to borders, human mobility and regional integration. In the process, it highlights the innovative aspects of human agency on the African continent, and presents a range of empirical case studies that shed new light on Africa’s social, economic and political realities. Further, the book explores cooperation between African nation-states, including their historical socioeconomic interconnections and governance of transboundary natural resources. Moreover, the book examines the relationship between the spatial mobility of borders and development, and the migration regimes of nation-states that share contiguous borders in different geographic territories. Further topics include the coloniality of borders, sociocultural and ethnic relations, and the impact of physical borders on human mobility and wellbeing. Given its scope, the book represents a unique resource that offers readers a wealth of new insights into today’s Africa.

Author : Christopher Changwe Nshimbi,Inocent Moyo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319553993

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Migration, Cross-Border Trade and Development in Africa by Christopher Changwe Nshimbi,Inocent Moyo Pdf

Based on migration dynamics in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, this edited volume focuses on the activities of grassroots and informal non-state actors. The authors explore cross-border economic activities, migration governance issues, the regional integration project of the SADC, and implications for sustainable development in Africa. Examining the apparent success of immigrant entrepreneurs operating in cities of economically depressed countries such as Zimbabwe, it also discusses the role of local authorities in managing migration to achieve development. Thus, the book is centred on human mobility, the building of cohesive communities between immigrants and indigenous people, the informal economic activities of cross-border traders and undocumented migrants, and regional integration, providing a multidisciplinary and rich source of knowledge for scholars interested in African politics, labour, migration and economy.

Author : Marjorie Rosen
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781569763704

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Boom Town by Marjorie Rosen Pdf

Investigating the personal stories behind the headquarters of the Wal-Mart empire, this examination focuses on the growth of Bentonville, Arkansas--a microcosm of America's social, political, and cultural shift. Numerous personalities are interviewed, including a multimillionaire Palestinian refugee who arrived penniless and is now dedicated to building a synagogue, a Mexican mother of three who was fired after injuring herself on the job, a black executive hired to diversify Wal-Mart whose arrival coincided with a KKK rally, and a Hindu father concerned about interracial dating. In documenting these citizens' stories, this account reveals the challenges and issues facing those who compose this and other "boom towns"--where demographics, the economy, and immigration and migration patterns are continually in flux. In shedding light on these important and timely anecdotes of America's changing rural and suburban landscape, this exploration provides an entertaining and intimate chronicle of the different ethnicities, races, and religions as well as their ongoing struggles to adapt. Emerging as subtle sociology combined with drama and humanity, this overview illustrates the imperceptible and occasionally unpredictable movements that affect the nonmetropolitan environment of the United States.

Author : Carlos Nunes Silva
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351271820

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Routledge Handbook of Urban Planning in Africa by Carlos Nunes Silva Pdf

This handbook contributes with new evidence and new insights to the on-going debate on the de-colonization of knowledge on urban planning in Africa. African cities grew rapidly since the mid-20th century, in part due to rising rural migration and rapid internal demographic growth that followed the independence in most African countries. This rapid urbanization is commonly seen as a primary cause of the current urban management challenges with which African cities are confronted. This importance given to rapid urbanization prevented the due consideration of other dimensions of the current urban problems, challenges and changes in African cities. The contributions to this handbook explore these other dimensions, looking in particular to the nature and capacity of local self-government and to the role of urban governance and urban planning in the poor urban conditions found in most African cities. It deals with current and contemporary urban challenges and urban policy responses, but also offers an historical overview of local governance and urban policies during the colonial period in the late 19th and 20th centuries, offering ample evidence of common features, and divergent features as well, on a number of facets, from intra-urban racial segregation solutions to the relationships between the colonial power and the natives, to the assimilation policy, as practiced by the French and Portuguese and the Indirect Rule put in place by Britain in some or in part of its colonies. Using innovative approaches to the challenges confronting the governance of African cities, this handbook is an essential read for students and scholars of Urban Africa, urban planning in Africa and African Development.

Author : Paul Nugent
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 637 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107020689

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Boundaries, Communities and State-Making in West Africa by Paul Nugent Pdf

By examining three centuries of history, this book shows how vital border regions have been in shaping states and social contracts.

Author : OECD,Sahel and West Africa Club
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264317376

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West African Studies Borders and Conflicts in North and West Africa by OECD,Sahel and West Africa Club Pdf

This publication examines the role of border regions in shaping patterns of violence since the end of the 1990s in North and West Africa. Using the innovative OECD Spatial Conflict Dynamics indicator (SCDi), the report looks at the growing relationship between political violence and borderlands at the regional level, by analysing more than 170 000 violent events between January 1997 and June 2021 and through the exploration of case studies in the Central and Eastern Sahel.

Author : Joseph Hanlon
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : 0852553072

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Beggar Your Neighbours by Joseph Hanlon Pdf

..". comprehensive in its coverage, exacting in its standards of description and interpretation, and almost faultless in its use of source material and existing literature... " -- Anti-Apartheid News ..". an excellent compendium of information on the military and economic power that South Africa applies in dealing with its neighbors." -- Foreign Service Journal ..". important for the shaping of Western policy toward South Africa." -- The Book Exchange ..". impressive... indispensable." -- Third World Book Review "This is a very important book." -- Social Dynamics Hanlon pieces together the details of South Africa's military attacks on its neighbors and relates them to the control the South African state exercises through its economic power.

Author : Daniel C Bach
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317557210

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Regionalism in Africa by Daniel C Bach Pdf

Africa, which was not long ago discarded as a hopeless and irrelevant region, has become a new 'frontier' for global trade, investment and the conduct of international relations. This book surveys the socio-economic, intellectual and security related dimensions of African regionalisms since the turn of the 20th century. It argues that the continent deserves to be considered as a crucible for conceptualizing and contextualizing the ongoing influence of colonial policies, the emergence of specific integration and security cultures, the spread of cross-border regionalisation processes at the expense of region-building, the interplay between territory, space and trans-state networks, and the intrinsic ambivalence of global frontier narratives. This is emphasized through the identification of distinctive 'threads' of regionalism which, by focusing on genealogies, trajectories and ideals, transcend the binary divide between old and new regionalisms. In doing so, the book opens new perspectives not only on Africa in international relations, but also Africa’s own international relations. This text will be of key interest to students and scholars of African politics, African history, regionalism, comparative regionalism, and more broadly to international political economy, international relations and global and regional governance.

Author : OECD,Sahel and West Africa Club
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264265875

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West African Studies Cross-border Co-operation and Policy Networks in West Africa by OECD,Sahel and West Africa Club Pdf

This report examines the co-operation potential of West African regions, the structure of cross-border policy networks, and the spatial vision that policy makers have of cross-border co-operation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004367012

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Spatial Practices by Anonim Pdf

In Spatial Practices: Territory, Border and Infrastructure in Africa research findings from a truly inter-disciplinary research project on new spatial practices in Africa and their ordering effects on social relations are introduced.

Author : Ulf Engel,Paul Nugent
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004178335

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Respacing Africa by Ulf Engel,Paul Nugent Pdf

Space has been reintroduced as an analytical category to the humanities and social sciences in the early 1990s. African Studies is one of the fields of knowledge production where the so-called spatial turn has proved to be extremely fruitful. The continent provides ample evidence for complex processes of deterritorialisation (migration, globalisation, sub-nationalisms) and reterritorialisation (new regionalisms, processes of bordering, etc.). These dialectical processes are driven by a variety of actors: political elites, multinational companies, warlords, donor governments, local traders, international NGOs, etc. As a result substantial parts of Africa witness the emergence of new regimes of territoriality: re-ordered states, transnational and sub-national entities, new localities and transborder formations. This volume brings together contributions from anthropology, history, geography and political science.