Springer Crisis, Identity and Migration in Post-Colonial Southern Africa (Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development)

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. From the Back Cover 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. About the Author Hangwelani Hope Magidimisha holds a PhD in Town and Regional Planning from University of Kwazulu-Natal. Dr Magidimisha made a history when she became first black South African born women to be awarded PhD in Town and Regional Planning. Dr Magidimisha is a senior lecturer and programme co-ordinator in Planning at the School of Built Environment and Development Studies (BEDS) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Before joining University of Kwazulu-Natal, she worked in various portfolios as a practitioner in town planning, a researcher and now as an academic. She is specialist on Spatial Planning, Housing, Service Delivery Inequalities, and Migration. Nene Ernest Khalema is former chief research specialist at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), an Adjunct Professor in the Centre for Health Promotion Studies, School  of Public Health at the University of Alberta (Canada), and currently an Associate Professor of Co mmunity Development and an interim Dean and Head of School of Built Environment and Development Studies (BEDS) in the college of Humanities at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa). He is a specialist on migration, critical race relations, and global health disparities and has led research projects in the area. He was formerly a lecturer at the Centre for Social and Global Analysis at Athabasca University (Canada) and an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary in Canada.  Lovemore Chipungu, Dr., holds a PhD in Town and Regional Planning, an MSc and BSc (Hons) in Urban and Regional Planning. He worked in various portfolios as a practitioner in town planning, a researcher and now as an academic. His areas of research are in urban land, low income housing and urban policy issues. Currently, he is employed as a lecturer in the School of the Built Environment and Development Studies (University of Kwa-Zulu-Natal, South Africa). Tamuka Chirimambowa is a DPhil. in D