Globalisation, Economic Inclusion and African Workers: Making the Right Connections

Synopsis

This book addresses the question of whether greater inclusion in the global economy offers a solution to rising unemployment and poverty in contemporary Africa. The authors trace the connection between global demographic change and new mechanisms of economic inclusion via global value chains, digital networks, labour migration, and corporate engagement with the bottom of the pyramid, challenging the claim that African workers have become functionally irrelevant to the global economy. They expose the shift of global demand for African workers from formal to increasingly informalised labour arrangements, mediated by social enterprises, labour brokers, graduate entrepreneurs and grassroots associations. Focusing on global employment connections initiated from above and from below, the authors examine whether global labour linkages increase or reduce problems of vulnerable and unstable working conditions within African countries, and considers the economic and political conditions needed for African workers to capture the gains of inclusion in the global economy. This book was previously published as a special issue of the Journal of Development Studies.

Copyright:

2017

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

124 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781315436470

Related ISBNs:

9781315436487, 9781138218949, 9781315436463, 9780367075910, 9781315436494

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Date of Addition:

01/25/24

Copyrighted By:

Taylor & Francis

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Mathematics and Statistics, Politics and Government, Sociology

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Kate Meagher

Edited by:

Laura Mann

Edited by:

Maxim Bolt