The State and the Grassroots : : Immigrant Transnational Organizations in Four Continents / / ed. by Alejandro Portes, Patricia Fernández-Kelly.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• MitwirkendeR: Agarwala, Rina,; Cebolla-Boado, Héctor,; Dumont, Antoine,; Escobar, Cristina,; Fernández-Kelly, Patricia,; Godin, Marie,; Herman, Barbara,; Huynh, Jennifer,; Iskander, Natasha,; Lacroix, Thomas,; Lee, Rennie,; López-Sala, Ana,; Nijenhuis, Gery,; Portes, Alejandro,; Rea, Andrea,; Rodríguez, Margarita,; Thys, Rebecca,; Yiu, Jessica,; Zhou, Min,; Zoomers, Annelies,
• HerausgeberIn: Fernández-Kelly, Patricia,; Portes, Alejandro,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; 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 Development --; Chapter 4 Partners in Organizing: Engagement between Migrants and the State in the Production of Mexican Hometown Associations --; Chapter 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 --; Chapter 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781782387350; 9783110998238
• DOI: 10.1515/9781782387350?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Alejandro Portes, Patricia Fernández-Kelly.

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.