The global horizon (e-Book)

expectations of migration in Africa and the Middle East

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Imaginations, expectations, and motivations that propel the pursuit of migration. Although contemporary migration in and from Africa can be understood as a continuation of earlier forms of interregional and international migration, current processes of migration seem to have taken on a new quality. This volume argues that one of the main reasons for this is the fact that local worlds are increasingly measured against a set of possibilities whose referents are global, not local. Due to this globalization of the personal and societal horizons of possibilities in Africa and elsewhere, in many contexts migration gains an almost inevitable attraction while, at the same time, actual migration becomes increasingly restricted. Based on detailed ethnographic accounts, the contributors to this volume focus on the imaginations, expectations, and motivations that propel the pursuit of migration. Decentring the focus of much of migration studies on the 'receiving societies', the volume foregrounds the subjective aspect of migration and explores the impact which the imagination and practice of migration have on the sociocultural conditions of the various local settings concerned.

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Uitgever
Universitaire Pers Leuven
ISBN
9789461661258
Formaat
Adobe PDF met digitaal watermerk
Publicatiedatum
April 2018
Bestandsgrootte
5434033 bytes
Taal
Engelstalig
Aantal Pagina's
200

Beschrijving

Imaginations, expectations, and motivations that propel the pursuit of migration. Although contemporary migration in and from Africa can be understood as a continuation of earlier forms of interregional and international migration, current processes of migration seem to have taken on a new quality. This volume argues that one of the main reasons for this is the fact that local worlds are increasingly measured against a set of possibilities whose referents are global, not local. Due to this globalization of the personal and societal horizons of possibilities in Africa and elsewhere, in many contexts migration gains an almost inevitable attraction while, at the same time, actual migration becomes increasingly restricted. Based on detailed ethnographic accounts, the contributors to this volume focus on the imaginations, expectations, and motivations that propel the pursuit of migration. Decentring the focus of much of migration studies on the 'receiving societies', the volume foregrounds the subjective aspect of migration and explores the impact which the imagination and practice of migration have on the sociocultural conditions of the various local settings concerned.

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Specificaties

Uitgever
Universitaire Pers Leuven
ISBN
9789461661258
Formaat
Adobe PDF met digitaal watermerk
Publicatiedatum
April 2018
Bestandsgrootte
5434033 bytes Kb
Taal
Engelstalig
Aantal Pagina's
200