Reclaiming Development

An Alternative Economic Policy Manual

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ID2708016
AuthorsHa-Joon Chang, Ha‐joon Chang (0000-0001-9117-7597), Ilene Grabel (0000-0002-7828-8089)
Year2014
Publication date2014-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueReclaiming Development (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherZed Books (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5040/9781350222137
OpenAlexW4240190316
ISBN9781350222137
LanguageEN
Citations received17

Child Migration in Africa explores the mobility of children without their parents within West Africa. Drawing on the experiences of children from rural Burkina Faso and Ghana, the book provides rich material on the circumstances of children’s voluntary migration and their experiences of it. Their accounts challenge the normative ideals of what a ‘good’ childhood is, which often underlie public debates about children's migration, education and work in developing countries. The comparative study of Burkina Faso and Ghana highlights that social networks operate in ways that can be both enabling and constraining for young migrants, as can cultural views on age- and gender-appropriate behaviour. The book questions easily made assumptions regarding children's experiences when migrating independently of their parents and contributes to analytical and cross-cultural understandings of childhood. Part of the groundbreaking Africa Now series, Child Migration in Africa is an important and timely contribution to an under-researched area

Child labour · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Normative · Political science · Sociology · Children's Rights and Participation · Engineering · Gender Studies · Law · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

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