LEADER 03947nam 2200625 450 001 9910480586703321 005 20181105182503.0 010 $a1-78238-735-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000449034 035 $a(EBL)1816393 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001520402 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12625794 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001520402 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11525477 035 $a(PQKB)11101545 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1816393 035 $a(PPN)241543819 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000449034 100 $a20150731h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe state and the grassroots $eimmigrant transnational organizations in four continents /$fedited by Alejandro Portes and Patricia Fernandez-Kelly 210 1$aNew York ;$aOxford, [England] :$cBerghahn Books,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (352 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-78533-440-9 311 $a1-78238-734-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Development 327 $aChapter 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 Home 327 $aChapter 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; Index 330 $aWhereas 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 develop 606 $aImmigrants$xSocieties, etc$vCase studies 606 $aImmigrants$xCultural assimilation$vCase studies 606 $aEmigration and immigration$xSocial aspects$vCase studies 606 $aTransnationalism$xSocial aspects$vCase studies 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aImmigrants$xSocieties, etc. 615 0$aImmigrants$xCultural assimilation 615 0$aEmigration and immigration$xSocial aspects 615 0$aTransnationalism$xSocial aspects 676 $a337 702 $aPortes$b Alejandro$f1944- 702 $aFerna?ndez-Kelly$b Mari?a Patricia$f1948- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910480586703321 996 $aThe state and the grassroots$91955924 997 $aUNINA