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Hometown Transnationalism: Long Distance Villageness among Indian Punjabis and North African Berbers (Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship)
Thomas Lacroix
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Description for Hometown Transnationalism: Long Distance Villageness among Indian Punjabis and North African Berbers (Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship)
Hardcover. Collective remittances, that is to say development initiatives carried out by immigrant groups for the benefit of their place of origin, have been attracting growing attention from both academics and policy makers. Focusing on hometown organisations, this book analyses the social mechanics that are conducive to collective transnationalism. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HB; JFFP; JFSL1; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
Collective remittances, that is to say development initiatives carried out by immigrant groups for the benefit of their place of origin, have been attracting growing attention from both academics and policy makers. Focusing on hometown organisations, this book analyses the social mechanics that are conducive to collective transnationalism.
Collective remittances, that is to say development initiatives carried out by immigrant groups for the benefit of their place of origin, have been attracting growing attention from both academics and policy makers. Focusing on hometown organisations, this book analyses the social mechanics that are conducive to collective transnationalism.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship
Number of Pages
217
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137567208
SKU
V9781137567208
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Thomas Lacroix
Thomas Lacroix is CNRS Deputy Director of Migrinter, University of Poitiers, France. His work addresses the relationships between transnationalism and development, with a specific focus on North African emigrants. In 2005 he published Les réseaux marocains du développement. He is also also Associate Editor of the journal Migration Studies.
Reviews for Hometown Transnationalism: Long Distance Villageness among Indian Punjabis and North African Berbers (Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship)
“This monograph synthesizes and builds on Lacroix’s long-term research on three diasporas: Algerian Kabyles and Moroccan Chleuhs (both Berber subgroups) living in France and Indian Sikhs living in the United Kingdom. … This book is rich and insightful, and I recommend it as a resource for migration scholars (faculty and postgraduate students, at least), both theoretically and empirically. For policymakers ... Read more