Alejandro (Hrsg.) Portes

The State and the Grassroots: Immigrant Transnational Organizations in Four Continents

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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 transnati… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Fernández-Kelly Patricia (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-78238-734-3
EAN: 9781782387343
Produktnummer: 18139786
Verlag: Berghahn Books Inc
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Seitenangabe: 352 S.
Masse: H23.1 cm x B14.7 cm x D2.3 cm 612 g
Gewicht: 612

Über den Autor

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).