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Africa's return migrants : the new developers?
- 2015
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (refereegranskat)abstract
- Many African migrants residing abroad nurture a hope to one day return, at least temporarily, to their home country. In the wake of economic crises in the developed world, alongside rapid economic growth in parts of Africa, the impetus to 'return' is likely to increase. Such returnees are often portrayed as agents of development, bringing with them capital, knowledge and skills as well as connections and experience gained abroad. Yet, the reality is altogether more complex.In this much-needed volume, based on extensive original fieldwork, the authors reveal that there is all too often a gaping divide between abstract policy assumptions and migrants' actual practices. In contrast to the prevailing optimism of policies on migration and development, Africa's Return Migrants demonstrates that the capital obtained abroad is not always advantageous and that it can even hamper successful entrepreneurship and other forms of economic, political and social engagement.
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- Carling, Jörgen, et al.
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Mobility at the heart of the nation: Patterns and meanings of Cape Verdean migration
- 2009
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Ingår i: International Migration. - : Wiley. - 0020-7985 .- 1468-2435. ; 47:3, s. 123-155
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Cape Verde, an island nation off West Africa, is a country moulded by migration from the time of settlement until today. This article traces the shifting migration flows to, through and from the archipelago. These trends are related to developments in transportation technology and changes in the world economy, which have created fluctuations in the attractiveness of Cape Verde’s location. The article then proceeds to explore the Cape Verdean ‘‘migration ideology’’, which has historical roots but became consolidated through large-scale labour emigration in the 1960s and 1970s. By ‘‘migration ideology’’ we refer to the set of ideas that associate migration with specific meanings and causalities. The final section of the article addresses some of the contradictions and pressures that have become central to Cape Verdean migration over the past decade or two: restrictive immigration policies in destination countries increasingly prevent the departure of prospective migrants, a diverse flow of return migrants challenges established notions of migrant success, and the islands are attracting larger numbers of transit migrants and immigrants from China and the African mainland. The analysis raises the question of how the Cape Verdean national identity will evolve with the complexity of the migratory landscape.
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- Eastmond, Marita, 1947, et al.
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Introduktion
- 2007
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Ingår i: M. Eastmond & L. Åkesson Globala familjer: Transnationell migration och släktskap. - Riga : Gidlunds. - 9789178447435
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- Suter, Brigitte, et al.
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Introduction
- 2020
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Ingår i: Contemporary European Emigration: Situating Integration in New Destinations. - : Routledge. - 9780367193751
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Transnationella rum : diaspora, migration och gränsöverskridande relationer
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Internationell migration och ökade etniska spänningar har skapat förutsättningar för utvecklingen av sociala, politiska och ekonomiska relationer som överskrider nationsgränser. Gränslösa gemenskaper uppstår där människor och platser knyts samman i ett globalt rum. De båda begreppen transnationalism och diaspora är centrala inom detta nydanande forskningsområde. Boken Transnationella rum ger nya insikter och perspektiv på identiteter och kulturella processer i en värld som länkats ihop av globaliseringen.
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