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Circular migration in Zimbabwe & contemporary sub-Saharan Africa created by Deborah Potts

By: Material type: TextTextJames Currey, 2011Description: xi, 299 pages; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781919895970
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JV9006 POT
Contents:
Introduction - re-inventing the wheel? Regional paradigms & approaches to circular migration - tropical Africa; Regional paradigms & approaches to circular migration: Southern Africa; Harare & Zimbabwe - from formal city to outsourced urban livelihoods; Migrant livelihoods & migration trajectories in Harare: 1980s to 2000s; Harare migrants' rural links & assets; Variations in migrants' experience, perceptions & options; Social & cultural attachments to rural settings & homes; Attacking the urban poor & abusing rural links - Operation Murambatsvina 2005.
Summary: This title is an analysis of migration patterns and trends in sub-Saharan Africa. A key objective of the study is to show how the nature and extent of migration to, and from, African cities responds or adapts particularly to changing economic circumstances.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Law Library Open Shelf JV9006 POT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 156389 Available BK143768
Book Book Law Library Open Shelf JV9006 POT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 156387 Available BK142897
Book Book Law Library Open Shelf JV9006 POT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 156386 Available BK142894

Incudes bibliography and index

Introduction - re-inventing the wheel? Regional paradigms & approaches to circular migration - tropical Africa; Regional paradigms & approaches to circular migration: Southern Africa; Harare & Zimbabwe - from formal city to outsourced urban livelihoods; Migrant livelihoods & migration trajectories in Harare: 1980s to 2000s; Harare migrants' rural links & assets; Variations in migrants' experience, perceptions & options; Social & cultural attachments to rural settings & homes; Attacking the urban poor & abusing rural links - Operation Murambatsvina 2005.

This title is an analysis of migration patterns and trends in sub-Saharan Africa. A key objective of the study is to show how the nature and extent of migration to, and from, African cities responds or adapts particularly to changing economic circumstances.

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