Portes / Fernández-Kelly The State and the Grassroots

Immigrant Transnational Organizations in Four Continents
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-78238-735-0
Verlag: Berghahn
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Mobipocket Unencrypted

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Portes, Alejandro

Fernández-Kelly, Patricia

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Interessengruppen, Lobbyismus und Protestbewegungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Fernández-Kelly, Patricia
Patricia Fernández-Kelly is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Research Associate of the Office for Population Research at Princeton University. Her most recent book is The Hero's Fight: African Americans in West Baltimore and the Shadow of the State (Princeton University Press 2015).

Portes, Alejandro
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).