Regional Diasporas and Transnational Flows to India: Provincial Globalisation

ISBN-13: 9781138069626 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 194 str.

Carol Upadhya; Mario Rutten; Leah Koskimaki

Opis

Patterns of international migration have produced complex transnational networks that directly link towns and villages in India to people and places abroad. Although the Government of India has forged a strong relationship with Overseas Indians, the ties that migrants and diasporic groups maintain with their home country is not primarily with the Indian nation-state but with their native villages or towns. This book explores varying patterns of mobility, transnational ties, and flows of migrant resources to India. The transnational connection, and the diverse ways in which migrant and diasporic groups engage with their home regions, have myriad implications for the processes of change - are analysed in this book under the description 'provincial globalisation'. Based on original ethnographic fieldwork, the case studies presented map the diversity of this expanding and fluctuating transnational social field, and the resources that move through it, by documenting migrant engagements in four regions of India known for high levels of international migration - central Gujarat, coastal Andhra, coastal Karnataka, and the Doaba in Punjab. Analysing the movements, modalities, destinations, and outcomes of various material and immaterial resources that are sent by migrants to their regions of origin, the book presents new empirical data and develops theoretical insights into the consequences of international migration and the influences of the diaspora within India at a regional scale. It will be of interest to academics studying anthropology, geography, transnational and diaspora studies as it develops a fresh perspective on the connections between transnational migration and processes of development in contemporary India.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Transregional Mobilities and Provincial Transitions in India, Leah Koskimaki and Carol Upadhya 2. Reciprocity and Contestation: Diaspora Philanthropy in Central Gujarat, Natascha Dekkers and Mario Rutten 3. Diaspora Philanthropy and the Globalization of Education in Punjab: Conflicting Visions of Development, Kaveri Qureshi 4. Frustrations and Alliances: The Politics of Migrant Funding for Muslim Education in Central Gujarat, Sanderien Verstappen 5. Transnational Citizens as ‘Development Partners’ in Coastal Andhra, Sanam Roohi 6. Development Destinations and Networked Dreams: Transnational Giving in Dakshina Kannada, Sulagna Mustafi and Leah Koskimaki 7. Punjabi Dalit Transnational Mobility: Challenging Caste Inequalities, Steve Taylor 8. From Agrarian Landlords to Transnational Entrepreneurs: Reconfiguring Political Influence in Coastal Karnataka, Leah Koskimaki 9. A ‘Love for Land’: Transregional Property Investments in Andhra, Carol Upadhya