Across the Borders of Political Subjectivity

Ghanaian Migrants to Italy as Development Brokers

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12955313
AutoresSelenia Marabello (0000-0002-8913-9724, University of Bologna, autor de correspondencia)
Año2018
Volumen10
Número1-2
Páginas3-27
Fecha de publicación2018-06-08
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAfrican Diaspora (BOOK_SERIES)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1872-5457 • E-ISSN: 1872-5465
EditorialBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/18725465-01001001
OpenAlexW2807698478
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas31

Based on the ethnography of two co-development projects run by Ghanaian migrants to Italy, this article explores migrants’ political subjectivity by examining practices and discourses on migration as a resource for development. In Ghana, which is considered one of the African states more pro-active in designing policies to channel migration for development, diasporic groups have been re-articulated as part of the transnational nation . In Italy, where migrants are incorporated as subaltern subjects, migration and development policies have been interpreted as an inclusive tool for promoting socio-economic integration in the country of immigration. In this scenario, where neo-liberal policies celebrate migrants’ potential as development agents, the analysis focuses on the way Ghanaian migrants imagine and encounter the state of both origin and destination while reflecting and embodying discourses, becoming development brokers, and struggling to be recognized across borders

Development studies · Ethnography · Immigration · Political economy · Political science · Political subjectivity · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Subaltern · Subjectivity · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration