Internal migration and development planning in South Africa / Ilse Eigelaar-Meets.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eigelaar-Meets, Ilse, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Migration, Internal.

Urbanization--Social aspects.

Urbanization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cape Town, SA : AOSIS, 2024.

Summary:

" The integration of internal migration in development planning initiatives and processes in post-apartheid South Africa is the primary focus of this book.Demographic data are at the heart of population dynamics. It provides the concrete basis that makes it possible to determine demographic trends in a country.Demographic change is essentially driven by three fundamental factors: mortality,fertility and migration. Although these three factors are important to incorporate in development planning initiatives, the focus of this book is on internal migration.Therefore, for development planning, understanding demographic trends isessential as it not only illustrates the outcome of past social change but also offersa future lens of both short-term and long-term social changes that can be expected,and this allows for better planning and preparation. To substantiate this argument,this publication draws on data from two provinces in South Africa. Data pertaining to internal migration flows in the Northern Cape and Western Cape provinces from three post-apartheid periods (1996⁰́₃2001, 2001⁰́₃2006 and 2006⁰́₃2011) are analysed,compared and presented to illustrate how current forces drive and direct migration flows and how this has an impact on the social dynamics within these provinces.The data analysis presented in this book draws entirely on secondary data sources. Census data accessed by means of the Nesstar statistical package were employed for the data analysis performed utilising SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences). Data for the two respective censuses were downloaded in SPSS and subsequent analysis was executed using this programme.The book is a significant revision (more than 50%) of the Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) thesis titled ⁰́₈Internal migration in post-apartheid South Africa: The cases of the Western and Northern Cape⁰́₉, submitted to obtain the degree of Doctor of Sociology from the Faculty of Sociology and Social Anthropology at Stellenbosch University in 2018, under the supervision of Prof. S.B. Bekker. This revised manuscript generates new knowledge for migration studies. When comparing pre- and post-1994 internal migration trends in the two provinces, the book illuminates three specific shifts: (1) a change in the political context within which mobility is framed, (2) a change in the type of internal migration flows that are sustaining urbanisation and (3) a change in the profile, specifically pertaining to population group, of migrants mobile in the two provinces. The book demonstrates both the influence of specifically political and economic forces in directing internal migration flows as well as the impact of such flows on the social dynamics within communities and thus argues for the standard practice of considering migration flows in development planning. The aim of such an approach is not to control internal migration but rather to facilitate proactive development planning. Thus, the book concludes by making a case for the adoption of a strategic and concerted approach by governments to accommodate the developmental constraints and challenges posed by internal migration.The book represents an original and innovative contribution to sociology and contains no plagiarism. The target audience of the book is scholars in sociology and development planning."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

The relationship between internal migration and development planning in post-1994 South Africa

Motivations for international and internal migration behaviour: Theoretical perspectives

Exploring internal migration trends: Framing and structuring the analysis

Internal migration in the Western Cape (1996-2011)

Internal migration in the Northern Cape (1996-2011)

Making sense of the data

Integration of migration in development planning

Internal migration and development planning in post-1994 South Africa: final deliberations.

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