Foreword; Contents; About Editors and Authors; Part I: Conceptualisation and Overview of Migration Patterns in Southern Africa; Crisis, Identity and (Be)longing: A Thematic Introduction of the Vestiges of Migration in Post-independent Southern Africa; 1 Introduction; 2 The Political Economy of Crisis, Identity and Dis(placement): Migration Trends and Flows; 3 Scope of the Book; References; Decolonising Borders, Decriminalising Migration and Rethinking Citizenship; 1 Introduction; 2 A Case for Decolonising African Borders; 3 A Case for Free Movement of Africans; 4 Re-membering Africa

Uneven Development and Conflict in Southern Africa: Interrogating the Patterns and Accumulation Processes1 Introduction; 2 The Development Debate; 2.1 Uneven Regional Development Strategy; 3 Uneven Development in Southern Africa; 3.1 Mechanism of Resource Allocation; 3.2 Conflicts; 3.2.1 Land Disputes; 3.2.2 Economic Disputes; 4 Reform Strategies; 5 Conclusion; References; Migration and Public Service Delivery: The Status Quo and Policy Responses in Sending and Receiving Countries; 1 Introduction; 2 Public Service Delivery and Migration: A Conceptual Framework; 2.1 Public Service Delivery

2.2 Migration3 Perceptions of Migrants and Public Services; 4 Challenges Faced by Migrants in Accessing Public Services; 5 Migration and Public Service Delivery: Practical Strategies Applied by South Africa; 6 Migration and Public Service Delivery: The Sending Countries; 6.1 The Health Sector; 6.2 The Education Sector; 7 A Framework for Responding to Service Delivery Challenges; 8 Conclusion; References; Gender, Migration and Crisis in Southern Africa: Contestations and Tensions in the Informal Spaces and `Illegal Labour ́Market; 1 Introduction

2 Involvement of Women in International Migration2.1 Trends in Women Migration; 3 Gender and Migration in the Development Context; 3.1 Gender in Changing Migration Patterns and Processes of Migration; 3.2 Gendered Occupational Changes and Demographic of Mobility and Migration; 3.3 Impact of Women Migration to the Host Community, Sending Countries and Themselves; 3.4 Vulnerability of Migrant Women; 4 Informal Labour Market; 4.1 Migrant Women in the Informal Economy; 5 Informal Traders; 6 Domestic Workers; 7 Conclusion; References

Part II: The Post-colonial Political Economy of Development, Governance and Nation-State FormationMigration, Logics of Inclusion and Exclusion and Xenophobia: The Case of African Migrants in Post-apartheid South Africa; 1 Introduction; 2 The African Migrant as the `Threatening Other ́in South Africa: Some Theoretical Considerations; 3 The Stigmatisation of Migrants in South Africa in a Historical Context; 4 The Broader Context of Othering in Post-apartheid South Africa; 5 The Sate, State Institutions and the Construction of African Migrants: A Xenophobic Metanarrative of South Africa