The State and the Grassroots

By - Editor: Portes, Alejandro

Floor - Floor 1

Published - Berghahn Books, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2016

ISBN 10 - 1785334409

ISBN 13 - 9781785334405

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Emigration and immigration--Social aspects

Shelf No - 19

Call Number - 369.3 STA

Book Information

Call no: 369.3 STA

Physical Description: xiv, 338 pages: illustrations; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes Bibliographical References and Index.

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.

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