04024nam 2200649 450 991079747860332120181105182503.01-78238-735-810.1515/9781782387350(CKB)3710000000449034(EBL)1816393(SSID)ssj0001520402(PQKBManifestationID)12625794(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001520402(PQKBWorkID)11525477(PQKB)11101545(MiAaPQ)EBC1816393(DE-B1597)636026(DE-B1597)9781782387350(PPN)241543819(EXLCZ)99371000000044903420150731h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe state and the grassroots immigrant transnational organizations in four continents /edited by Alejandro Portes and Patricia Fernandez-KellyNew York ;Oxford, [England] :Berghahn Books,2015.©20151 online resource (352 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-78533-440-9 1-78238-734-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Introduction - Immigration, Transnationalism, and Development: The State of the Question; Section I - Immigrant Organizations in the United States; Chapter 1 - Traversing Ancestral and New Homelands: Chinese Immigrant Transnational Organizations in the United States; Chapter 2 - Transnational Philanthropy of Urban Migrants: Colombian and Dominican Immigrant Organizations and Development; Chapter 3 - Tapping the Indian Diaspora for Indian DevelopmentChapter 4 - Partners in Organizing: Engagement between Migrants and the State in the Production of Mexican Hometown AssociationsChapter 5 - Navigating Uneven Development: The Dynamics of Fractured Transnationalism; Chapter 6 - Breaking Blocked Transnationalism: Intergenerational Change in Homeland Ties; Section II - Immigrant Organizations in Europe; Chapter 7 - Moroccan and Congolese Migrant Organizations in Belgium; Chapter 8 - Moroccans in France: Their Organizations and Activities Back HomeChapter 9 - Transnational Activities of Immigrants in the Netherlands: Do Ghanaian, Moroccan, and Surinamese Diaspora Organizations Enhance Development?Chapter 10 - Transnational Immigrant Organizations in Spain: Their Role in Development and Integration; Conclusion - Assimilation through Transnationalism: A Theoretical Synthesis; Appendix; IndexWhereas 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 developImmigrantsSocieties, etcCase studiesImmigrantsCultural assimilationCase studiesEmigration and immigrationSocial aspectsCase studiesTransnationalismSocial aspectsCase studiesImmigrantsSocieties, etc.ImmigrantsCultural assimilationEmigration and immigrationSocial aspectsTransnationalismSocial aspects337Portes Alejandro1944-Fernández-Kelly María Patricia1948-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797478603321The state and the grassroots3819961UNINA