The wherewithal of life : ethics, migration, and the question of well-being

The wherewithal of life : ethics, migration, and the question of well-being / Michael Jackson in conversation with Emmanuel Mulamila, Roberto M. Franco, and Ibrahim Ouédraogo.

Through extensive conversations with three key informants - from Uganda, Burkina Faso, and Mexico - in Copenhagen, Amsterdam, and Cambridge, MA, Jackson compares and contrasts what is at stake for each person in migrating from the global south in search of fulfillment and a future. These life storie...

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Main Author: Jackson, Michael, 1940-
Other Authors: Mulamila, Emmanuel., Franco, Roberto M., Ouédraogo, Ibrahim.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Anthropology > Philosophy.
Ethics > Anthropological aspects.
Well-being.
Immigrants > Cross-cultural studies.
Human comfort.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Immigrants.
Cross-cultural studies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preamble; Emmanuel; Roberto; Ibrahim; Postscript; Appendix: Existential Mobility; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index.

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