| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 259 pages) : illustrations, map. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Migration reader series
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University of Ghana readers
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Migration reader series.
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University of Ghana readers.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Mariama Awumbila, Joseph Kofi Teye & Delali Margaret Badasu -- part 1. Migration patterns and trends in Africa and implications for migration policy. Dynamics of intra-regional migration in West Africa : implications for ECOWAS migration policy / Mariama Awumbila -- International migration and Africa's development / Stephen O. Kwankye & John K. Anarfi -- A historical perspective of migration from and to Ghana / John K Anarfi , Ofosu-Mensah & Emmanuel Ababio -- Legal and policy frameworks of migration in Ghana -- a critical review / Emmanuel Yaw Benneh -- Environmental change and migration in Africa / Joseph Kofi Teye -- part 2. Migration, return and social change in Ghana : a critical review. Migration and social change in Ghana / Akosua K. Darkwah & Delali Margaret Badasu -- Migration of health professionals in Ghana / Kwesi Asabir -- Return and reintegration of migrants to Ghana / Mary Boatema Setrana,Steve Tonah & Alex BAsiedu -- part 3. Migration, transnationalism and changing family and gender relations. Women on the move : an historical analysis of female migration in Ghana / Mariama Awumbila & Gertude Dzifah Torvikeh -- Transnational fosterage : the experiences of the second generation sent back home to Ghana by Ghanaian migrant parents in London / P.P.D. Asima -- Patriachal norms in reverse remittance behaviour among Ghanaian transnational couples / Geraldine Asiwome Adiku &Alhassan Anamzoya -- part 4. Conceptual and methodological issues in migration research. Changing conceptualisations of the effects of international migration on sending and receiving countries / Leander Kandije -- Migration research in the context of development planning and practice / Delali M. Badasu & Akosua Darkwah. |
| Summary |
Migration has assumed growing significance in the global development agenda as its potential for economic and social development is increasingly acknowledged. Within the Africa context, perceptions of migration as a negative phenomenon have shifted to recognition of its central role to Africa's transformation. Despite this shift, emerging migration dynamics have not been adequately contextualized and conceptualized, making it difficult to integrate migration into development planning processes. This book attempts to fill the gaps in migration knowledge production, particularly from the perspectives of researchers in the global south and more specifically from Ghana. The chapters provide multi disciplinary perspectives in the contemporary migration landscape in Ghana and Africa. Rather than focus on migration as a problem to be solved, the chapters explore migration as an intrinsic part of the broader processes of structural change in Ghana, which could create opportunities for development if properly harnessed. This reader is an essential resource for migration and development researchers, students, policy makers, practitioners and others interested in the field of development. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Africa -- Emigration and immigration.
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Africa. |
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Emigration and immigration. |
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Ghana -- Emigration and immigration.
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Ghana. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Awumbila, Mariama, editor.
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Badasu, Delali Margaret, 1958- editor.
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Teye, Joseph, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9789988882914 |
| ISBN |
9789988882921 (electronic book) |
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9988882920 (electronic book) |
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9789988882914 |
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9988882912 |
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