Nullmeier, Frankda Rocha, Francisco MatiasFrancisco Matiasda Rocha2020-03-092020-03-092013-12-18https://media.suub.uni-bremen.de/handle/elib/695Migration from highly impoverished areas in developing countries is often seen as a family and serial process, whereas the former implies one or more family members moving to a new location and being subsequently followed by other family members; the latter, though, indicates that social interaction among extra-familial individuals is a key element in the process of migration decision. Migration itself can be seen as a fundamental household livelihood stratagem to cope with the increasing hardships of a hostile environment. However, membership in a social (internal and external) network cannot for itself explicate the migratory decision made by individuals or families altogether living under strong environmental stress. However, material poverty and lack of socio-political integration are regarded here as subsistence-oriented and sharecropper peasantry's major mgration determinants in the study area.deBitte wählen Sie eine Lizenz aus: (Unsere Empfehlung: CC-BY)environment stressdroughtmigrationpolitical participationquality of lifesocial capitalsocial security (water availabilityremittancesdrought aid)social networksociopolitical integration300Dissertationurn:nbn:de:gbv:46-00103878-10