The state and the grassroots : immigrant transnational organizations in four continents

Author(s)

• Portes, Alejandro
• Fernández-Kelly, María Patricia

Bibliographic Information

The state and the grassroots : immigrant transnational organizations in four continents

edited by Alejandro Portes and Patricia Fernández-Kelly

Berghahn Books, 2016, c2015

• : paperback

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

"First paperback edition published in 2016"--T.p. verso

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

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 Rodriguez 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 Hector Cebolla Boado and Ana Lopez-Sala Conclusion: Assimilation through Transnationalism: A Theoretical Synthesis Patricia Fernandez-Kelly

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BD02620657
• ISBN:
  • 9781785334405
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 338 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : JV6225
  • DC23 : 369/.3
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Immigrants -- Societies, etc. -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Transnationalism -- Social aspects -- Case studies