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This book examines social, economic and political issues in West, Eastern and Southern Africa in relation to borders, human mobility and regional integration. In the process, it highlights the innovative aspects of human agency on the African continent, and presents a range of empirical case studies that shed new light on Africa’s social, economic and political realities.  Further, the book explores cooperation between African nation-states, including their historical socioeconomic interconnections and governance of transboundary natural resources. Moreover, the book examines the relationship between the spatial mobility of borders and development, and the migration regimes of nation-states that share contiguous borders in different geographic territories. Further topics include the coloniality of borders, sociocultural and ethnic relations, and the impact of physical borders on human mobility and wellbeing. Given its scope, the book represents a unique resource that offers readers a wealth of new insights into today’s Africa.

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Author:   Christopher Changwe Nshimbi ,  Inocent Moyo
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2020
Weight:   0.489kg
ISBN:  

9783030428891

ISBN 10:   3030428893
Pages:   187
Publication Date:   23 June 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PART I BORDERS, MOBILITY AND INTEGRATION IN AFRICA: CONCEPTS AND ISSUES  Chapter 1: Borders, human mobility, integration and development in Africa: An introduction Nshimbi, Christopher Changwe & Moyo, Inocent  Chapter 2: Imagining borders, borderlands, migration and integration in Africa: The search for connections and disjunctures Tavera, Daniel  Chapter 3: Regional integration, borders and development in Africa Oloruntoba, Samuel O  Chapter 4: Perspectives on contemporary migration and regional integration in Central Africa Tshibambe, Germain Ngoie  Chapter 5: Basotho miners and zama-zama in disused commercial gold mines in Gauteng Province, South Africa Makhetha, Esther  PART II BORDERS, THE GOVERNANCE QUESTION AND INTEGRATION  Chapter 6: Shopping-oriented mobility across the Zimbabwe-South Africa border: Modalities and encounters Pophiwa, Nedson  Chapter 7: The security challenges of a borderless Africa: Issues and perspectives­ Ikuteyijo, Lanre & Olayiwola, Peter Chapter 8: Invisible-visible borders between Zambia and Zimbabwe along the Zambezi Valley: Tonga fisherman, cross border livelihoods and monetary practices Chipere-Ngazimbi, Mike  Chapter 9: Migration and the spatial-mobility of borders in the Southern African region Moyo, Inocent  PART III BORDERS, THE TRANSBOUNDARY NATURAL RESOURCES QUESTION AND INTEGRATION  Chapter 10: Prospects for Cooperation in the Nile Basin Sintayehu, Firehiwot Chapter 11: Community based conservation in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park: On livelihoods and economic governance Nkomo, Prudence Chapter 12: Bordered environment: Redefining transboundary water resources into environmentally sound governance frameworks in Southern Africa Nshimbi, Christopher Changwe Chapter 13: Conclusion:Borders, mobility and integration in Africa revisited: Towards a new understanding of African realities Moyo, Inocent  & Nshimbi, Christopher Changwe  

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Dr Christopher Changwe Nshimbi is the Director & a DST/NRF (Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation) Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn) at the University of Pretoria (South Africa). His main research interests are in migration, borders, regional integration, the informal economy and water. Chris is also a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria, where he teaches courses on Regional Integration; African and Regional Politics; and African and State Governance.  Dr Inocent Moyo is a Senior Lecturer at and Head of the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Zululand (South Africa). His research interests include migration and development, migration and immigration politics, cross-border trade, regional integration in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), transnationalism, borders and borderlands, and urban informality and governance.

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