Migration and resilience of rural households' livelihoods in the face of changing political and economic contexts: the case of South Mozambique (1900-2010)
This article investigates how labour migrations of rural households from Leonzoane in Southern Mozambique have changed since the colonial period to a post-war (1992) and post-apartheid (1994) context and their links with livelihoods restructuring. It draws on a qualitative analysis of the features of labour migrations, through a sample of households on five generations. Results reveal the evolution of men's forms of mobility from longstanding circular and formal migrations to South Africa's mines, toward multi-sited, informal, and more flexible migrations into mining and other sectors. These renewed forms of mobility are a core element of households' livelihoods restructuring, as part of strategies to adapt the changing political-economic constraints of the broader globalising environment in terms of increasing informal and volatile labour conditions. The article concludes with a call for further analysis and integration of migration features in development policies.
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Mercandalli, Sara,
Anseeuw, Ward |
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| Format: | article
biblioteca
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| Language: | eng |
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| Subjects: | E51 - Population rurale,
E12 - Travail et emploi,
E14 - Économie et politique du développement,
E50 - Sociologie rurale,
main d'oeuvre familiale,
migration,
ménage,
population rurale,
moyens d'existence,
politique économique,
condition de travail,
histoire,
étude de cas,
environnement socioéconomique,
politique de développement,
développement économique,
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| Online Access: | http://agritrop.cirad.fr/584560/
http://agritrop.cirad.fr/584560/7/Migration%20and%20resilience%20of%20rural%20households%20livelihoods.pdf
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