This book examines social, economic and political issues in West, Eastern and Southern Africa in relation to borders, human mobility and regional integration. In the process, it highlights the innovative aspects of human agency on the African continent, and presents a range of empirical case studies that shed new light on Africa’s social, economic and political realities. Further, the book explores cooperation between African nation-states, including their historical socioeconomic interconnections and governance of transboundary natural resources. Moreover, the book examines the relationship between the spatial mobility of borders and development, and the migration regimes of nation-states that share contiguous borders in different geographic territories. Further topics include the coloniality of borders, sociocultural and ethnic relations, and the impact of physical borders on human mobility and wellbeing.Given its scope, the book represents a unique resource that offers readers a wealth of new insights into today’s Africa.
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: Christopher Changwe Nshimbi
EAN: 9783030428921
COUNTRY: Switzerland
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WEIGHT: 454 g
HEIGHT: 235 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
DATE PUBLISHED: 2021-06-24
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GENRE: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies
WIDTH: 155 cm
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Book Themes:
West Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, Development studies, Migration, immigration and emigration, Politics and government, Economics, Human geography, Political geography
Dr Christopher Changwe Nshimbi is the Director & a DST/NRF (Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation) Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn) at the University of Pretoria (South Africa). His main research interests are in migration, borders, regional integration, the informal economy and water. Chris is also a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria, where he teaches courses on Regional Integration; African and Regional Politics; and African and State Governance. Dr Inocent Moyo is a Senior Lecturer at and Head of the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Zululand (South Africa). His research interests include migration and development, migration and immigration politics, cross-border trade, regional integration in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), transnationalism, borders and borderlands, and urban informality and governance.
