Africa on the Move (eBook)

Migration, Translocal Livelihoods and Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Malte Steinbrink, Hannah Niedenführ (Autoren)

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2019
IX, 236 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-22841-5 (ISBN)

Infos

This book discusses migration and space-spanning social network relationships as normal realities of life in African societies. It offers an overview of the research landscape and introduces an agency-centered theoretical model that provides a conceptual framework for translocality. The authors Malte Steinbrink and Hannah Niedenführ plead for a translocal approach to social transformation, showing how the translocality of livelihoods is shaping the lives of half a billion people on the continent and impacting local conditions. Using an action-oriented approach, the book analyzes the effects of translocal livelihoods on diverse aspects of economic, environmental and social change in rural Sub-Saharan Africa. The study thus makes an innovative contribution not only to migration research and development studies but also to the discussion around the policy and practice of development cooperation and planning. It is time to rethink development in light of translocal realities.

The book appeals to scholars and researchers in geography, sociology, policy-making and planning, development studies, migration research and rural development.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.10.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Springer Geography
• Reihe/Serie: Springer Geography
• Zusatzinfo: IX, 236 p. 24 illus., 23 illus. in color.
• Sprache: englisch
• Original-Titel: Afrika in Bewegung: Translokale Livelihoods und ländliche Entwicklung in Subsahara-Afrika
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: African livelihoods • African Mobilities • African Translocality • Migration in Africa • Rural Areas in Africa • Rural Transformation and Development • Social Networks in Africa • Sub-Saharan Africa • World Regional Geography
• ISBN-10: 3-030-22841-X / 303022841X
• ISBN-13: 978-3-030-22841-5 / 9783030228415