Africa on the move : migration, translocal livelihoods and rural development in Sub-Saharan Africa / Malte Steinbrink, Hannah Niedenführ.
2020
HB2121.A3
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Title
Africa on the move : migration, translocal livelihoods and rural development in Sub-Saharan Africa / Malte Steinbrink, Hannah Niedenführ.
Author
Steinbrink, Malte, author.
Uniform Title
Afrika in Bewegung. English
ISBN
9783030228415 (electronic book)
303022841X (electronic book)
9783030228408
303022841X (electronic book)
9783030228408
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2020].
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (ix, 236 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-22841-5 doi
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HB2121.A3
Dewey Decimal Classification
304.8/6
Summary
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.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 6, 2019).
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Niedenführ, Hannah, author.
Long, Shelby, translator.
Long, Shelby, translator.
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Springer geography.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Time for a Rethink
Translocal Livelihoods
New Perspectives on Livelihood Research
Vulnerability and Translocality: Why Livelihoods become Translocal
Translocal Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa
Influence of Translocal Livelihoods on Aspects of Rural Structural Transformation
Conclusion.
Time for a Rethink
Translocal Livelihoods
New Perspectives on Livelihood Research
Vulnerability and Translocality: Why Livelihoods become Translocal
Translocal Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa
Influence of Translocal Livelihoods on Aspects of Rural Structural Transformation
Conclusion.