Meagher, Kate, Mann, Laura and Bolt, Maxim, eds. (2016) Globalization, economic inclusion and African workers: making the right connections. Routledge, Abingdon, UK. ISBN 9781315436487
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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.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Additional Information: | © 2017 Taylor & Francis (Introduction, Chapters 1-5, and Chapter 7); © 2016 Maxim Bolt (Chapter 6) |
| Divisions: | International Development |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Oct 2024 15:48 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 06:20 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/125884 |
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