Theoretical, Conceptual and Methodological Frameworks for a Borderless ECOWAS

Abstract

This section of the book presents all theories, concepts and methods as engaged in the research in detail. In order to drive home the study’s specificities, a hybrid of both ‘social action’ and ‘transnational social field’ theories was applied. A conceptual framework that depicts how various issues of interest in the research have been addressed is presented. For instance, the interdependence that subsists among different ‘migratory actors’ from the point of initiating the movement to the networking system that drives the migratory process—up till the point of migrants’ final destination has been explored. Equally, the methodological orientation for grasping how the goal of a borderless ECOWAS sub-region could be attained has been presented.