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Africa on the Move: African Migration and Urbanisation in Comparative Perspective
Contributor(s): Findley, Sally (Editor), Tollman, Stephen (Editor), Preston-Whyte, Eleanor (Editor)

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ISBN: 1868144321     ISBN-13: 9781868144327
Publisher: Wits University Press
OUR PRICE: $33.25  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: February 2006
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology - General
- History | Africa - General
Dewey: 307.240
LCCN: 2007332282
Physical Information: 0.95" H x 6.38" W x 9.66" L (1.46 lbs) 384 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - African
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
 
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Evaluates how migration and urban living influences well-being among movers and stayers in the context of rapid social, economic and political change that characterizes most African nations.

This thirteen-chapter volume, based on a conference held in South Africa in June 2003, describes and compares patterns of internal, regional and international migration in Africa, with comparative insights from Asia and Latin America. The authors, an international team of over twenty academics and experts in the field, push the frontiers of current African migration and urbanization research and strive for an original synthesis of insights from ongoing studies. The comparative focus highlights similarities across diverse contexts in order to bring place-specific processes into sharper relief. The study challenges certain traditional notions about migration, revisiting notions of the urban and rural, and explores how communication technology influences movement. Topics considered range from broad comparative perspectives on linkages between population movement, urban structures and economic development to the spread of infectious diseases and the social regulation of migration flows. Issues of gender and ethnic inequities are incorporated and there is a strong focus on internal migration and urban systems within Africa. The study is structured in three sections: migration and urbanization in global and regional contexts; internal migration, employment and gender; and migration and population health.


Contributor Bio(s): Findley, Sally: - Sally Findlay is Professor at the Population and Family Health & Sociomedical Sciences at the Columbia University Medical CenterTollman, Stephen: - Stephen Tollman is Professor in the Rural Health in Transition and Agincourt Research UnitPreston-Whyte, Eleanor: - Eleanor Preston-Whyte is a Director Social and Behavioural Sciences for HIVAN (Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking)
 
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