Daniel K. Thompson

Smugglers, Speculators, and the City in the Ethiopia-Somalia Borderlands

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Produktbeschreibung

Analysing the work of Ethiopian-Somali smugglers and return-migrant investors, this study explores the relationship between cities and borders amid Africa's rapid urbanization. Daniel Thompson describes how African city-dwellers' lives are shaped by global border security regimes, and how they contest these borders in daily urban life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009556262
• ISBN-10: 1009556266
• Artikelnr.: 72110837

Autorenporträt

Daniel K. Thompson is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Merced. His fieldwork in eastern Africa and the US explores how migration, border-making, and urbanization shape economic strategies for dealing with uncertainty. His work has featured in journals including African Affairs, Urban Geography, and Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Urban borderwork
2. Smuggling and judgment
3. Borderland urbanization
4. Connective borders
5. Contraband urbanity
6. Transactional frontiers
Conclusion
References
Index.