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  1. Development and the African diaspora
    place and the politics of home
    Author: Mercer, Claire; Page, Ben; Evans, Martin
    Published: 2008
    Publisher:  Zed Books, London

    There has been much recent celebration of the success of African `civil society` in forging global connections through an ever-growing diaspora. Against the background of such celebrations, this innovative book sheds light on the diasporic networks -... more

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    There has been much recent celebration of the success of African `civil society` in forging global connections through an ever-growing diaspora. Against the background of such celebrations, this innovative book sheds light on the diasporic networks - `home associations` - whose economic contributions are being used to develop home. Despite these networks being part of the flow of migrants` resources back to Africa that now outweighs official development assistance, the relationship between the flow of capital and social and political change are still poorly understood.The authors examine the networks of migrants that have been created by making `home associations` international. They argue that claims in favour of enlarging `civil society` in Africa must be placed in the broader context of the political economy of migration and wider debates concerning ethnicity and belonging. They demonstrate both that diasporic development is distinct from mainstream development, and that it is an uneven historical process in which some `homes` are better placed to take advantage of global connections than others. In doing so, the book engages critically with the current enthusiasm among policy-makers for treating the African diaspora as an untapped resource for combating poverty. Its focus on diasporic networks, rather than private remittances, reveals the particular successes and challenges diasporas face in acting as a group, not least in mobilising members of the diaspora to fulfill obligations to home.

     
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  2. Development and the African diaspora
    place and the politics of home
    Author: Mercer, Claire
    Published: 2008
    Publisher:  Zed Books, London

    This book engages critically with the current enthusiasm among policy-makers for treating the African diaspora as an untapped resource for combating poverty. Its focus on diasporic networks, rather than private remittances, reveals the particular... more

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    This book engages critically with the current enthusiasm among policy-makers for treating the African diaspora as an untapped resource for combating poverty. Its focus on diasporic networks, rather than private remittances, reveals the particular successes and challenges diasporas face in acting as a group, not least in mobilising members of the diaspora to fulfill obligations to home

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 1842779001; 184277901X; 1848133715; 9781842779002; 9781842779019; 9781848133716
    Subjects: Economic development; Community development; Emigrant remittances; African diaspora
    Scope: Online-Ressource (xiv, 258 p), maps, 22 cm
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-251) and index

    Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

    Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Currencies; List of Acronyms; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part One: Why home associations matter; 1 Home associations: between political belonging and moral conviviality; 2 Contexts and comparisons; 3 Rethinking research on African diasporas and development; Part Two: The history and structure of home associations; 4 Home associations and the nation in Cameroon; 5 Home associations and the nation in Tanzania; Part Three: The developmental and political work of home associations; 6 Welfare and social support in the diaspora

    7 Modernizing burial and death celebrations8 Education and inequality; 9 Infrastructure and accountability; Part Four: Home associations, migration and development; 10 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
  3. Development and the African diaspora
    place and the politics of home
    Author: Mercer, Claire; Page, Ben; Evans, Martin
    Published: 2008
    Publisher:  Zed Books, London

    There has been much recent celebration of the success of African `civil society` in forging global connections through an ever-growing diaspora. Against the background of such celebrations, this innovative book sheds light on the diasporic networks -... more

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    There has been much recent celebration of the success of African `civil society` in forging global connections through an ever-growing diaspora. Against the background of such celebrations, this innovative book sheds light on the diasporic networks - `home associations` - whose economic contributions are being used to develop home. Despite these networks being part of the flow of migrants` resources back to Africa that now outweighs official development assistance, the relationship between the flow of capital and social and political change are still poorly understood.The authors examine the networks of migrants that have been created by making `home associations` international. They argue that claims in favour of enlarging `civil society` in Africa must be placed in the broader context of the political economy of migration and wider debates concerning ethnicity and belonging. They demonstrate both that diasporic development is distinct from mainstream development, and that it is an uneven historical process in which some `homes` are better placed to take advantage of global connections than others. In doing so, the book engages critically with the current enthusiasm among policy-makers for treating the African diaspora as an untapped resource for combating poverty. Its focus on diasporic networks, rather than private remittances, reveals the particular successes and challenges diasporas face in acting as a group, not least in mobilising members of the diaspora to fulfill obligations to home.

     
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