Transnationalism, research of /

Since the 1990s, transnationalism has increasingly become recognised as an analytical way in which to think about contemporary global migration. As is evident in the work of numerous authors, such as Nina Glick Schiller and colleagues (1999), Alejandro Portes and colleagues (1999), and Steven Vertov...

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Main Author: Odermatt, Eveline (Author)
Other Authors: Atkinson, Paul, 1947- (Editor), Delamont, Sara, 1947- (Editor), Cernat, Alexandru (Editor), Sakshaug, Joseph W. (Editor), Williams, Richard A., active 2020 (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : SAGE Publications Ltd., 2020.
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Summary:Since the 1990s, transnationalism has increasingly become recognised as an analytical way in which to think about contemporary global migration. As is evident in the work of numerous authors, such as Nina Glick Schiller and colleagues (1999), Alejandro Portes and colleagues (1999), and Steven Vertovec (2009), among many others, transnationalism allows researchers to investigate the transfer of ideas, behaviours, values, and norms across different countries. There is now a great deal of literature that examines particular transnational social formations"the sustained ties of persons, networks and organisations that cross the borders of multiple nation-states" (Faist, 2000, p. 189). In this theoretical landscape of transnationalism, much attention has been paid to the potential of migrants' transnational ties in the context of the migration-development nexus (e.g., Sinatti & ...
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781529748406
1529748402
9781526421036
1526421038