Migration, Urbanization, and Political Power in Sub-Saharan Africa

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8378554
AutoresClionadh Raleigh (0000-0003-3047-0815, University of Sussex, autor de correspondencia)
Año2014
Volumen104
Número2
Páginas253-261
Fecha de publicación2014-03-04
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAnnals of the Association of American Geographers (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0004-5608 • E-ISSN: 1467-8306
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00045608.2013.875802
OpenAlexW1989575423
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas57

African political geographies have been overlooked in the discussion of internal migration and urbanization. Yet institutional changes since the early 1990s altered the practices of acquiring and keeping power across Africa, and it is now possible to address how rural and urban areas have changed as a result. In this article, the focus is on how political practices interact with circular internal migration flows. “Democratic” practices depend on the manipulation of rural spatial clustering and migration, but modern political institutions effectively disenfranchise urban and migrant voters, resulting in the continued reproduction and exacerbation of spatial inequalities. Further, these are responsible for the poor conditions of urban areas, the proliferation of rural bias across states, and limited support for urban political identities and programmatic change

Democracy · Developing country · Development economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Inequality · Internal migration · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Sociology · Urbanization · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Urban and Rural Development Challenges