The Sikh Diaspora: The Search For Statehood

ISBN-13: 9781857283013 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 342 str.

Darshan Singh Tatla; Copub Uclp; Tatla Singh Tatla

Opis

This book offers an overview of the Sikh diaspora, exploring the relationship between home and host states and between migrant and indigenous communities. The book considers the implications of history and politics of the Sikh diaspora for nationality, citizenship and sovereignity.

Spis treści

Foreword by the Series Editor, Preface, List of tables, Maps, Introduction, Theoretical issues, Scope of the study, 1 The Sikhs: the search for statehood, 2 The Sikh diaspora: a history of settlement, 3 The Sikh diaspora and the Punjab: dialectics of ethnic linkages, 4 The Sikh diaspora and the Punjab: political linkages, 5 Demand for homeland: Sikhs in North America, 6 Demand for homeland: Sikhs in Britain, 7 Mediating between states: Sikh diplomacy and interstate relations, 8 Call of homeland: models and reality of ethnic mobilization, Conclusion, Appendices, Notes, Glossary and abbreviations, Bibliography, Index

O autorze

Darsham Singh Tatla