A powerful and sophisticated underground business delivers thousands of refugees a day all along the Mediterranean coasts of Europe. The new breed of criminals that controls it has risen out of the political chaos of post-9/11 Western foreign policy and the fiasco of the Arab Sp…
Introduction : the migrant's paradox -- The scale of the migrant -- Edge territories -- Edge economies -- Unheroic resistance -- A citizenship of the edge. "Connects global migration with urban marginalization, exploring how "race" maps onto place across the globe, state, and s…
"On the basis of empirical research findings from borders all over the world, the authors strive to analyse mechanisms and conditions of the informal activities and to detect parallels and differences of informal economic structures from different perspectives."--Back cover.
"In this sophisticated yet accessible analysis of the open economies of Sub-Saharan Africa, Jean-Paul Azam analyzes international trade, exchange rate issues, and longer-term growth, taking due account of the distinctive features of African economies. In particular, he examines …
