Development and the African diaspora place and the politics of home Claire Mercer, Ben Page, Martin Evans

Zed Books
Year of publishing: 2008
Place of publishing: London
ISBN: 9781842779002
Language: English
Series: first

Tato inovativní kniha zkoumá vztah mezi africkou „občanskou společností“ a sítí „sdružení krajanů“ v diaspoře. Remitence, které přicházejí prostřednictvím těchto sítí překonávají objemy vládní rozvojové pomoci. Na příkladu Kamerunu a Tanzanie se autoři snaží dokázat, že budování „občanské společnosti“ v Africe musí být chápáno v souvislosti s politickou ekonomií migrace a širší debatou o etnicitě a pocitu sounáležitosti. Autoři dále ukazují, že rozvoj prostřednictvím diaspory se liší od mainstreamového rozvojové pomoci, a že jde o nerovný historický proces, v rámci kterého jsou některé oblasti lépe situované k tomu, aby získaly výhody z globálních konexí, než jiné. Kniha je tedy kritikou současného nadšení některých politiků, kteří v africké diaspoře vidí nevyužitý zdroj boje s chudobou.

This innovative book examines the relationship between African "civil society" and "home association" networks in the diaspora. Remittances home via these networks outweigh official development assistance. Looking in particular at Cameroon and Tanzania, the authors argue that building "civil society" in Africa must be understood in tandem with 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.

Volumes

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Keywords

Development Studies

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