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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456803803321

Titolo

Globalization and transnational migrations [[electronic resource] ] : Africa and Africans in the contemporary global system / / edited by Akanmu G. Adebayo and Olutayo C. Adesina

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, 2009

ISBN

1-282-19170-5

9786612191701

1-4438-0804-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (377 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AdebayoA. G <1956-> (Akanmu Gafari)

AdesinaOlutayo Charles

Disciplina

303.4826

Soggetti

Globalization - Social aspects - Africa

Electronic books.

Africa Social conditions 1960-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; SECTION I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; SECTION II; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; SECTION III; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; SECTION IV; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; SECTION V; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; SECTION VI; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN; ABOUT THE EDITORS; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The past three decades have proved extremely challenging for Africa and its peoples, both at home and in the Diaspora. Coincidentally, these were also the decades that globalization reached maturity and that the world became more interconnected and interdependent. The paradox of globalization for Africa has included increase in marginalization, poverty, inequality, migration and instability. This book highlights global asymmetries by interfacing the notion of "one world" or "flat world" with ...