Description
Book SynopsisNon-Migration Amidst Zimbabwe’s Economic Meltdown addresses the complexities surrounding non-migration in Zimbabwe within the context of protracted political and economic uncertainty. Rose Jaji discusses how individual subjectivities mediate macroeconomic factors and critiques simplistic explanations of non-migration, paying particular attention the complexities and contradictions involved in the decision not to migrate. The book ends with a discussion of the synergistic relationship between non-migration and migration, demonstrating how one can morph into the other in response to evolving individual circumstances and macroeconomic factors.
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Critical Reflections on Non-migration
Chapter 2: Individualizing the Macroeconomic and Political Milieu
Chapter 3: Social Networks and the Anomaly of Non-migration
Chapter 4: Desire, Compulsion, and Domestic Predicaments
Chapter 5: Foreign Lands, Anxieties, and the Non-migration Decision
Chapter 6: Unpredictability and Prospects for Future Migration
