The Challenge of the Threshold Border Closures and Migration Movements in Africa |
|
| Editor:
| Streiff-Fenart, Jocelyne
Segatti, Aurelia |
| Contribution by:
| Segatti, Aurelia
Brachet, Julien
Gabrielli, Lorenzo
Gaibazzi, Paolo
Palomares, Elise
Pian, Anaïk
Poutignat, Philippe
Quiminal, Catherine
Schapendonk, Joris
Spire, Amandine
Streiff-Fénart, Jocelyne
Timera, Mahamet
Vidal, Dominique |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7391-6511-9 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
|
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $53.99 |
Book Description:
|
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...
More DescriptionThe 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.