Migration, Diaspora, and Development

A South Asian Perspective
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-02851-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 194 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 527 g

This book addresses key challenges and issues faced by South Asians in the diaspora, focusing on irregular migration, remittances, gender, identity, and citizenship, and how they are intertwined, particularly in the context of globalization.

South Asia has long played a significant role in the history of international migration. Today, its diasporas are among the largest in the world, reflecting the region’s immense diversity. The diversity found in South Asia is also represented in the South Asian diasporas. From the perspective of globalization and transnational migrations, the contribution of diasporic South Asians to their homelands and the host societies is immense. Lately, South Asian diasporas’ contribution to various ongoing and new development projects in their homelands has received the attention of researchers and policymakers alike. Hence, many homeland governments have taken multiple measures to woo the diasporas and vice versa. However, despite the efforts of the homeland, the diasporas continue to face various challenges, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, among others.

This book is an essential resource for scholars, policymakers, and students interested in migration studies, South Asian studies, globalization, and transnationalism.

The chapters in this book were originally published in South Asian Diaspora and are accompanied by a new Introduction.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sahoo, Ajaya K.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Migrations- & Minderheitenpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Leaving for living? Factors and Dynamics behind Bangladeshi Female Migration to the Gulf States 2. Irregular Emigration from Indian Punjab: Nature and Causes 3. Goa to Paris: Migration Trajectories, Settlement Struggles, and Social Networks 4. The Backstage of Pakistani Businesses in Barcelona: Unravelling Strategies from the Ground 5. Examining the Factors that Affect the Employment Status of Racialised Immigrants: A Study of Bangladeshi Immigrants in Toronto, Canada 6. Occupational Distribution and Mobility of Migrants born in South Asia: Evidence from England/Wales Census, 1901–1911 7. Covid-19 Lockdowns and the Precarity of South Asian Key Workers’ Families in the United Kingdom 8. Debt-financed Emigration, Migration Experience, and Household Economy: Insight from Kerala, India 9. Remittances Flows to Farm Households in Rural Punjab: An Empirical Analysis 10. The Paradox of Citizenship and Nationality among Tibetans Living in India

Über Autor(innen)

Ajaya K. Sahoo is Professor and Head of the Centre for Study of Indian Diaspora at the University of Hyderabad, India. His research interests include migration, South Asian diaspora, and transnationalism. Some of his recent publications include the Routledge Handbook of South Asian Migrations (2024) and the Routledge Handbook of Asian Transnationalism (2023).