The Early Morning Phonecall : : Somali Refugees' Remittances / / Anna Lindley.

As migration from poverty-stricken and conflict-affected countries continues to hit the headlines, this book focuses on an important counter-flow: the money that people send home. Despite considerable research on the impact of migration and remittances in countries of origin - increasingly viewed as...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2010]
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प्रकाशन का वर्ष :2010
भाषा:English
श्रृंखला:Forced Migration ; 28
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भौतिक वर्णन:1 online resource (192 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
List of Illustrations and Tables --
Acknowledgements --
Abbreviations --
1 Migration, Conflict and Development: Situating Refugees’ Remittances --
2 The Somali Context: People and Money on the Move --
3 Migration and Remittances in a Precarious State: the View from Hargeisa --
4 Traffic at a Global Crossroads: Eastleigh, Nairobi --
5 The North–South Divide in Everyday Life: Londoners Sending Money ‘Home’ --
6 Concluding Reflections --
Glossary --
References --
Index
सारांश:As migration from poverty-stricken and conflict-affected countries continues to hit the headlines, this book focuses on an important counter-flow: the money that people send home. Despite considerable research on the impact of migration and remittances in countries of origin - increasingly viewed as a source of development capital - still little is known about refugees’ remittances to conflict-affected countries because such funds are most often seen as a source of conflict finance. This book explores the dynamics, infrastructure, and far-reaching effects of remittances from the perspectives of people in the Somali regions and the diaspora. With conflict driving mass displacement, Somali society has become progressively transnational, its vigorous remittance economy reaching from the heart of the global North into wrecked cities, refugee camps, and remote rural areas. By ‘following the money’ the author opens a window on the everyday lives of people caught up in processes of conflict, migration, and development. The book demonstrates how, in the interstices of state disruption and globalisation, and in the shadow of violence and political uncertainty, life in the Somali regions goes on, subject to complex transnational forms of social, economic, and political innovation and change.
स्वरूप:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
आईएसबीएन:9781845458324
9783110998283
डिजिटल ऑब्जेक्ट पहचानकर्ता:10.1515/9781845458324
अभिगमन:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Anna Lindley.