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Higher Education, Youth and Migration in Contexts of Disadvantage

Understanding Aspirations and Capabilities

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Authors:
  1. Faith Mkwananzi

    1. Higher Education and Human Development Research Group, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

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  • Illuminates the voices of marginalised migrant youth in South Africa
  • Analyses the conditions in which aspirations for higher education are developed
  • Examines the multitudinal disadvantages experienced by migrant youth, in a way that is particularly relevant for migration to the Global South

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Contextualising Youth Migration and Education

    • Faith Mkwananzi
    Pages 1-29

  3. Migrant Stories: A Picture of Youth Migration in Southern Africa

    • Faith Mkwananzi
    Pages 31-67

  4. Education, Youth and Migration from a Capability Lens

    • Faith Mkwananzi
    Pages 69-94

  5. Higher Educational Aspirations Formation in Contexts of Disadvantage

    • Faith Mkwananzi
    Pages 95-127

  6. Understanding Migrants Valued Capabilities and Functionings

    • Faith Mkwananzi
    Pages 129-168

  7. Capabilities and Barriers to Higher Education Aspirations Formation for Marginalised Migrants

    • Faith Mkwananzi
    Pages 169-205

  8. An Intersectional Analysis of Capabilities, Conversion Factors and Aspirations

    • Faith Mkwananzi
    Pages 207-229

  9. Education, Migration and Development: Looking Beyond the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    • Faith Mkwananzi
    Pages 231-254

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 255-267
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About this book

This book explores the lives, experiences and the formation of higher educational aspirations among marginalised migrant youth in South Africa. Using a case study based in Johannesburg, the author illuminates their voices in order to demonstrate the reality faced by these young people in the context of migration to the Global South. Within the complex landscape of global and African migration, this book draws on detailed narratives to understand the conditions under which aspirations for higher education are – or are not – developed. In doing so, the author highlights the value of understanding individual lives, experiences and opportunities from a human development point of view, capturing the multidimensional disadvantages experienced by migrants in a balanced, intersectional manner. Balancing empirical data with theoretical analysis, this volume tells a rich, nuanced story about marginalised migrant youth – an essential work for understanding the conditions necessary for such youthto live valuable lives in both local and international contexts. This book will appeal to students and scholars of youth migration, aspiration and educational opportunities, particularly within the Global South.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Higher Education and Human Development Research Group, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

    Faith Mkwananzi

About the author

Faith Mkwananzi is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the University of the Free State, South Africa. Her work centers on education and development, with a particular focus on migration, educational inequalities, young people, educational aspirations and access to higher education.  

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