Displacement Economies in Africa

Large-scale displacement - whether caused by war, state-related political or development projects, different forms of political violence, structural crisis, or even natural disasters - evokes many stereotyped assumptions about those forcibly displaced or emplaced. At the same time there is a problem...

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description Large-scale displacement - whether caused by war, state-related political or development projects, different forms of political violence, structural crisis, or even natural disasters - evokes many stereotyped assumptions about those forcibly displaced or emplaced. At the same time there is a problematic lack of attention paid to the diversity of actors, strategies and practices that reshape the world in the face (and chronic aftermath) of dramatic moments of violent dislocation. In this highly original volume, based on empirical case studies from across sub-Saharan Africa, the authors reveal the paradoxical effects, both intended and unexpected, that displacement produces, and that manifest themselves in displacement economies.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-945982024-03-28T18:40:00Z Displacement Economies in Africa Hammar, Amanda Displaced persons Refugees Economic conditions Labour mobility Forced migration Social conflicts Case studies Africa south of Sahara Livelihood thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFH Migration, immigration and emigration thema EDItEUR::5 Interest qualifiers::5P Relating to specific groups and cultures or social and cultural interests::5PB Relating to peoples: ethnic groups, indigenous peoples, cultures and other groupings of people::5PBC Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWS Armed conflict thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1H Africa::1HF Sub-Saharan Africa Large-scale displacement - whether caused by war, state-related political or development projects, different forms of political violence, structural crisis, or even natural disasters - evokes many stereotyped assumptions about those forcibly displaced or emplaced. At the same time there is a problematic lack of attention paid to the diversity of actors, strategies and practices that reshape the world in the face (and chronic aftermath) of dramatic moments of violent dislocation. In this highly original volume, based on empirical case studies from across sub-Saharan Africa, the authors reveal the paradoxical effects, both intended and unexpected, that displacement produces, and that manifest themselves in displacement economies. 2022-12-06T16:13:29Z 2022-12-06T16:13:29Z 2014 book ONIX_20221206_9781780324906_121 9781780324906 9781780324890 9781780324883 9781780324913 9781350219717 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/94598 eng Africa Now image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://bloomsbury.com/9781780324883 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nai:diva-1841 The Nordic Africa Institute and Zed Books (Bloomsbury) Zed Books 10.5040/9781350219717 10.5040/9781350219717 7ee4a7c6-060a-4f97-b274-d06b79c44563 9781780324906 9781780324890 9781780324883 9781780324913 9781350219717 Zed Books 260 Uppsala; London open access
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Social conflicts
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Displacement Economies in Africa
title Displacement Economies in Africa
title_full Displacement Economies in Africa
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title_full_unstemmed Displacement Economies in Africa
title_short Displacement Economies in Africa
title_sort displacement economies in africa
topic Displaced persons
Refugees
Economic conditions
Labour mobility
Forced migration
Social conflicts
Case studies
Africa south of Sahara
Livelihood
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFH Migration, immigration and emigration
thema EDItEUR::5 Interest qualifiers::5P Relating to specific groups and cultures or social and cultural interests::5PB Relating to peoples: ethnic groups, indigenous peoples, cultures and other groupings of people::5PBC Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWS Armed conflict
thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1H Africa::1HF Sub-Saharan Africa
topic_facet Displaced persons
Refugees
Economic conditions
Labour mobility
Forced migration
Social conflicts
Case studies
Africa south of Sahara
Livelihood
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFH Migration, immigration and emigration
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWS Armed conflict
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