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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789976603321

Titolo

The challenge of the threshold [[electronic resource] ] : border closures and migration movements in Africa / / edited by Jocelyne Streiff-Fňart and Aurelia Segatti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2012

ISBN

1-280-65884-3

9786613635778

0-7391-6512-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Streiff-FenartJocelyne

Kabwe-SegattiAurelia Wa

Disciplina

304.8096

Soggetti

Emigration and immigration

Africans - Migrations

Africa Emigration and immigration

Europe Emigration and immigration

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

Cover; HalfTitle; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Part I; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Part II; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Part III; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Bibliography; Index; About the Contributors; List of Acronyms

Sommario/riassunto

The containment policies aimed at regulating immigration flows towards Europe and emerging economies like South Africa have profoundly altered the dynamics of migration in Africa. Drawing on original empirical research, this volume explores the notion of threshold as an operative concept to envisage in turn: the discursive frameworks of containment policies, the challenges to local spaces and their equilibrium, and finally, the sense of liminality experienced by migrants caught in those situations.