»Failed« Migratory Adventures?: Malian Men Facing Conditions Post Deportation in Southern Mali

by Susanne U. Schultz

Overview

The effects of the intra-African and European deportation regimes brought about since the European Union's externalization of its migration and development policy by transferring it to countries of sub-Saharan Africa remain largely understudied – especially their effects on people's everyday life after forced returns. Based on extensive field research, Susanne U. Schultz's book analyses the supposedly "failed" migration of Malian men, the social situations in which they find themselves following deportation, and the implications of their "failure" for their social environment and broader society. This important ethnographic study creates empirical knowledge on key issues in migration research, policy, and practice in the context of a charged debate.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783837660098
Publication date:	05/27/2022
Series:	Culture and Social Practice
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.86(h) x (d)

About the Author

Susanne U. Schultz holds a PhD from the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University, where she is an associated research fellow at the Center on Migration, Citizenship and Development (COMCAD). Her research focuses on (return) migration and West Africa. She currently works in the area of migration and Africa at the Bertelsmann Stiftung, a German think tank, focusing on legal pathways and political cooperation.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter 1
Contents 5
Abbreviations 11
Foreword 13
Acknowledgements 15
Chapter 1 Introduction: Toward embedding "failed" migratory adventures in southern Mali 19
Chapter 2 Contextualizing and historicizing deportations and situations post-deportation in Mali 41
Chapter 3 Methodology in context 75
Chapter 4 "The adventure is not easy." - Narrating forms of suffering in deportation experiences 103
Chapter 5 "It's [not] all about money." - About returning with empty hands and relational (re)negotiations in the adventurer's drama of return 127
Chapter 6 "On se débrouille." - (Re)negotiating masculinities after deportation through everyday suffering, hard work, and (im)mobilities 159
Chapter 7 "Si j'ai la chance." - Final sense- and future-making of "failed" adventures post deportation 187
Chapter 8 Conclusion 219
Glossary 231
Bibliography 233