Crisis, Identity and Migration in Post-Colonial Southern Africa [Hardcover]

This book offers a socio-historical analysis of migration and the possibilities of regional integration in Southern Africa. It examines both the historical roots of and contemporary challenges regarding the social, economic, and geo-political causes of migration and its consequences (i.e. xenophobia) to illustrate how diaspora migrations have shaped a sense of identity, citizenry, and belonging in the region.?

By discussing immigration policies and processes and highlighting how the struggle for belonging is mediated by new pressures concerning economic security, social inequality, and globalist challenges, the book develops policy responses to the challenge of social and economic exclusion, as well as xenophobic violence, in Southern Africa.?

This timely and highly informative book will appeal to all scholars, activists, and policy-makers looking to revisit migration policies and realign them with current globalization and regional integration trends.

Conceptualisation and Overview of Migration Patterns in Southern Africa: Crisis, Identity, and (Be)longing: A Thematic Introduction of the Vestiges of Migration in Post-independence Southern Africa.- Decolonizing Borders, Decriminalizing Migration and Rethinking Citizenship.- Uneven Development and Conflict in Southern Africa: Interrogating the Patterns and Accumulation Processes.- Migration and Public Service Delivery - The Status Quo and Polic Responses in Sending and Receiving Countries.- Gender, Migration and Crisis in Southern Africa: Contestations and Tensions in the Informal Spaces and Illegal Labour Market.- The Post-Colonial Political Economy of Development, Governance and Nation-State Formation: Migration, Logics of Inclusion and Exclusion, and Xenophobia: The Case of African Migrants in Post-Apartheid South Africa.- Migrant Labour and Social Construction of Citizenship in Lesotho and Swaziland.- From ReserlsB