The State and the Grassroots -

The State and the Grassroots

Immigrant Transnational Organizations in Four Continents
Buch | Softcover
352 Seiten
2016
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-78533-440-5 (ISBN)
34,85 inkl. MwSt
Whereas most of the literature on migration focuses on individuals and their families, this book studies the organizations created by immigrants to protect themselves in their receiving states. Comparing 18 of these grassroots organizations formed across the world, researchers focus on the internal structure and activities of these organizations.
Whereas most of the literature on migration focuses on individuals and their families, this book studies the organizations created by immigrants to protect themselves in their receiving states. Comparing eighteen of these grassroots organizations formed across the world, from India to Colombia to Vietnam to the Congo, researchers from the United States, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Spain focus their studies on the internal structure and activities of these organizations as they relate to developmental initiatives. The book outlines the principal positions in the migration and development debate and discusses the concept of transnationalism as a means of resolving these controversies.

Alejandro Portes is Howard Harrison and Gabrielle Snyder Beck Professor of Sociology (Emeritus) at Princeton University, Founding Director of Princeton's Center for Migration and Development, and Research Professor at the University of Miami. His most recent book is Immigrant America, IV Edition (with Rubén G. Rumbaut, University of California Press 2014).

List of Illustrations

Preface

Notes on Contributors



Section I: Immigrant Organizations in a Comparative Perspective



Introduction: Immigration, Transnationalism, and Development: The State of the Question

Alejandro Portes



Section II: Immigrant Organizations in the United States



Chapter 1. Traversing Ancestral and New Homelands: Chinese Immigrant-Transnational Organizations in the United States

Min Zhou and Rennie Lee



Chapter 2. Transnational Philanthropy of Urban Migrants: Colombian and Dominican Immigrant Organizations and Development

Cristina Escobar



Chapter 3. Tapping the Indian Diaspora for Indian Development

Rina Agarwala



Chapter 4. Partners in Organizing: Engagement between Migrants and the State in the Production of Mexican Hometown Associations

Natasha Iskander



Chapter 5. Navigating Uneven Development: The Dynamics of Fractured Transnationalism

Margarita Rodríguez



Chapter 6. Breaking Blocked Transnationalism: Intergenerational Change in Homeland Ties

Jennifer Huynh and Jessica Yiu



Section III: Immigrant Organizations in Europe



Chapter 7. Moroccan and Congolese Migrant Organizations in Belgium

Marie Godin, Barbara Herman, Andrea Rea, and Rebecca Thys



Chapter 8. Moroccans in France: Their Organizations and Activities Back Home

Thomas Lacroix and Antoine Dumont



Chapter 9. Transnational Activities of Immigrants in the Netherlands: Do Ghanaian, Moroccan, and Surinamese Diaspora Organizations Enhance Development?

Gery Nijenhuis and Annelies Zoomers



Chapter 10. Transnational Immigrant Organizations in Spain: Their Role in Development and Integration

Héctor Cebolla Boado and Ana López-Sala



Conclusion: Assimilation through Transnationalism: A Theoretical Synthesis

Patricia Fernández-Kelly

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 476 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10 1-78533-440-9 / 1785334409
ISBN-13 978-1-78533-440-5 / 9781785334405
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