Politics from afar
By: [edited by] Terrence Lyons and Peter Mandaville
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780231800709; 9780231702782
Subjects: Globalization; Case studies; Emigration and immigration; Transnationalism; Immigrants; Political activity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: politics from afar: transnational diasporasand networks; title: Constructing the diaspora: diaspora identity politics and transnational social movements; title: Both sides now: migrant philanthropy, state power,and the struggle for accountability in Zacatecas, Mexico; title: Political liberalization and contestation of transnational relations between Morocco and Moroccan migrants in Spain; title: Diaspora identities and homeland politics: lessons from the Sri Lanka/Tamil Eelam case; title: Mediating the diaspora space: charting the changing nature of Irish-America in the global age; title: Transnational politics in Ethiopia: diaspora mobilization and contentious politics; title: An absent but active constituency: the role of the Somaliland UK community in election politics; title: A "transnational nation"? migration and the boundaries of belonging; title: Citizenship a la carte: emigration and the strengthening of the sovereign state; title: Citizenship and diaspora: a state home for transnational politics.