Pragna Rugunanan is a Professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Her research focuses on the construction of African and South Asian migrant communities to South Africa and migration in the Global South. Her research interests include the sociology of migration, changing patterns of work, social networks, and community studies. Pragna has served on the executive of the South African Sociological Association, was a council member and is currently a working group convener for the Industrial and Economic Group. She is also a member of the International Sociological Association. Pragna served on the Editorial Board for  the journal Gender Questions.Nomkhosi Xulu-Gama is a Fulbright scholar, who is currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, teaching on the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She is also an Honorary Research Associate at the Durban University of Technology, South Africa. She serves in the South Africa Review of Sociology journal’s editorial collective, she is a member of South African Sociological Association and served in the committee in various capacities, including being deputy president. She is a member of the International Sociological Association. She is the author of a book called “Hostels in South Africa: Spaces of Perplexity”.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Part I: Theorising Migration from a Southern Perspective.- Chapter 2. Retheorising Migration: A South-South Perspective.- Chapter 3. Migrating Beyond Borders and States: Instrumental and Contingent Solidarities Among.- Chapter 4. Neoliberal Capitalism and Migration in the Global South: a Case of Post-ESAP Zimbabwe to South Africa migration.- Part II: Legislation and Policy Frameworks Governing Migration.- Chapter 5. Immigration Policy in South Africa: Public Opinion, Xenophobia and the Search for Progress.- Chapter 6. Refugee Policy as Infrastructure: the Gulf between Policy Intent and Implementation for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in South Africa.- Chapter 7. Policy Implementation Challenges for Worker Education and Foreign National Migrants.- Part III: Internal Labour Migration and Regional Mobility.- Chapter 8. Informal Settlements: A Manifestation of Internal and Cross Border Migration.- Chapter 9. Migrant Women’s Experiences in the City: A Relational Comparison.- Part IV: Children and Mothers on the Move.- Chapter 10. Young Mothers, Labour Migration and Social Security in South Africa.- Chapter 11. Conceptualising Second Generation Immigrants in South Africa: The Experiences of Nigerian Second Generation Immigrants.- Chapter 12. Experiences of Mozambican Migrant Children in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, South Africa.- Part V: Identity Politics in Migration Studies.- Chapter 13. The Role of Interpersonal Communication in Re-Identity of Voluntary Economic Migrants Living in South Africa.- Chapter 14. Apartheid Racism and Post-apartheid Xenophobia: Bridging the Gap.- Chapter 15. Strategies and Tactics of Integration of Transnational African Migrants: Case studies of Ethiopian migrants in South Africa.- Part VI: Workers’ Rights and New Forms of Work.- Chapter 16. “We maZimba… There is Nothing That We Cannot Do”: The Work Ethic of Undocumented Zimbabwean Day Labourers in eMalahleni, South Africa.- Chapter 17. “No, We Are Not Fighting Against Foreign Workers and We’ll Never Fight Against Foreign Workers”: Trade Unions and Migrant Rights.- Chapter 18. Conclusion.

Pragna Rugunanan is a Professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Her research focuses on the construction of African and South Asian migrant communities to South Africa and migration in the Global South. Her research interests include the sociology of migration, changing patterns of work, social networks, and community studies. Pragna has served on the executive of the South African Sociological Association, was a council member and is currently a working group convener for the Industrial and Economic Group. She is also a member of the International Sociological Association. Pragna served on the Editorial Board for  the journal Gender Questions.Nomkhosi Xulu-Gama is a Fulbright scholar, who is currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, teaching on the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She is also an Honorary Research Associate at the Durban University of Technology, South Africa. She serves in the South Africa Review of Sociology journal’s editorial collective, she is a member of South African Sociological Association and served in the committee in various capacities, including being deputy president. She is a member of the International Sociological Association. She is the author of a book called “Hostels in South Africa: Spaces of Perplexity”.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Part I: Theorising Migration from a Southern Perspective.- Chapter 2. Retheorising Migration: A South-South Perspective.- Chapter 3. Migrating Beyond Borders and States: Instrumental and Contingent Solidarities Among.- Chapter 4. Neoliberal Capitalism and Migration in the Global South: a Case of Post-ESAP Zimbabwe to South Africa migration.- Part II: Legislation and Policy Frameworks Governing Migration.- Chapter 5. Immigration Policy in South Africa: Public Opinion, Xenophobia and the Search for Progress.- Chapter 6. Refugee Policy as Infrastructure: the Gulf between Policy Intent and Implementation for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in South Africa.- Chapter 7. Policy Implementation Challenges for Worker Education and Foreign National Migrants.- Part III: Internal Labour Migration and Regional Mobility.- Chapter 8. Informal Settlements: A Manifestation of Internal and Cross Border Migration.- Chapter 9. Migrant Women’s Experiences in the City: A Relational Comparison.- Part IV: Children and Mothers on the Move.- Chapter 10. Young Mothers, Labour Migration and Social Security in South Africa.- Chapter 11. Conceptualising Second Generation Immigrants in South Africa: The Experiences of Nigerian Second Generation Immigrants.- Chapter 12. Experiences of Mozambican Migrant Children in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, South Africa.- Part V: Identity Politics in Migration Studies.- Chapter 13. The Role of Interpersonal Communication in Re-Identity of Voluntary Economic Migrants Living in South Africa.- Chapter 14. Apartheid Racism and Post-apartheid Xenophobia: Bridging the Gap.- Chapter 15. Strategies and Tactics of Integration of Transnational African Migrants: Case studies of Ethiopian migrants in South Africa.- Part VI: Workers’ Rights and New Forms of Work.- Chapter 16. “We maZimba… There is Nothing That We Cannot Do”: The Work Ethic of Undocumented Zimbabwean Day Labourers in eMalahleni, South Africa.- Chapter 17. “No, We Are Not Fighting Against Foreign Workers and We’ll Never Fight Against Foreign Workers”: Trade Unions and Migrant Rights.- Chapter 18. Conclusion.