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. It strives to evaluate 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.
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.
Marta Tienda is professor in demographic studies, professor of
sociology and public affairs at Princeton University; Sally Findley
is a professor of clinical population and family health at the
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University; Stephen
Tollman heads the School of Public Health's Health & Population
Division at the University of the Witwatersrand and chairs the
University's Population Program; Eleanor Preston-Whyte is currently
a researcher in the field of social anthropology and holds a
research professorship in the School of Development Studies at the
University of KwaZulu-Natal.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(3)
