Migration Infrastructures in West Africa and Beyond

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dc.contributor.authorKleist, Nauja
dc.contributor.authorBjarnesen, Jesper
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-08T08:31:15Z
dc.date.available2024-04-08T08:31:15Z
dc.date.issued2019-11
dc.description.abstractInfrastructure is becoming an influential field of inquiry across the social sciences as it has been in policy related research for some time. In migration and mobility related research, the recent introduction of the concept of “migration infrastructure” represents an attempt to theorise the infrastructural approach in relation to the multifaceted mediation of migration. This MIASA working paper considers the usefulness and limitations of the concept of migration infrastructures in understanding labour mobilities in various West African contexts. This juxtaposition of West African cases with the Asian examples that informed the articulation of the concept of migration infrastructures suggests that the framework holds potential for moving beyond migrant-centred analysis, while leaving some open questions regarding the role of migrant agency, the discrepancies between intentions and uses of (migration) infrastructures, the significance of culturally embedded migrant imaginaries, and the impact of global migration governance on national or regional regulatory frameworks.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipfunding from the Maria Sibylla Merian Centres Programme of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany (under grant no. 01UK2024A-D), co-funding from the University of Ghanaen_US
dc.identifier.citationMIASA Working Paper 2019(3). Nauja Kleist & Jesper Bjarnesen. 2019. Migration Infrastructures in West Africa and Beyond. Online: hyperlink.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/41458
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMerian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA)en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesMIASA WP;2019(3)
dc.subjectImaginariesen_US
dc.subjectLabour migrationen_US
dc.subjectMethodologyen_US
dc.subjectMigration infrastructureen_US
dc.subjectMobilitiesen_US
dc.subjectWest Africaen_US
dc.titleMigration Infrastructures in West Africa and Beyonden_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US

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