James Esson
Loughborough University
46 Papers
50 Citations
James Esson is an academic researcher from Loughborough University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Football & Agency (sociology). The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 36 publications. Previous affiliations of James Esson include University of Oxford & University College London.
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Papers
The 2017 RGS-IBG chair's theme: decolonising geographical knowledges, or reproducing coloniality?
TL;DR: The theme for the chair's plenary at the 2017 RGS with the Institute of British Geographers (IBG) Annual Conference is "Decolonising geographical knowledges: opening geography out to the world" as discussed by the authors.
Livelihoods in motion: Linking transport, mobility and income-generating activities
James Esson,Katherine V. Gough,David Simon,Ebenezer Forkuo Amankwaa,Olivier Ninot,Paul W.K. Yankson +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the mobility of urban residents in differing parts of the city in relation to their livelihood strategies, and illustrated the ways in which urban residents' mobility is aided or hindered by Accra's transport system.
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You have to try your luck: male Ghanaian youth and the uncertainty of football migration:
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the importance of human traffics in Ghana's economy and discuss the need for human traffickers to cooperate with the Ghanaian government to solve the problem of human trafficking.
Escape to victory: Development, youth entrepreneurship and the migration of Ghanaian footballers
TL;DR: This paper explored the relationship between development and the migration of male youth within the football industry and revealed how young Ghanaians attempt to enact development as freedom through spatial mobility, which is coupled with an awareness that their desired spatial mobility is difficult to attain, thereby inducing a sense of involuntary immobility.
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A Social Negotiation of Hope: Male West African Youth, ‘Waithood’ and the Pursuit of Social Becoming through Football
Christian Ungruhe,James Esson +1 more
- 01 Mar 2017
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the present-day perception among boys and young men in Ghana that migration through football offers a way to achieve social standing and improve one's life chances.