The term 'transnationalism' has gained considerable academic and popular currency despite a lack of clear definitions, in part because its overall form changes as its influence incorporates additional spheres of daily life on a variety of scales and contexts.
The purpose of this volume is to bring together different perspectives on this phenomenon, using case studies that represent some of the most current thinking on 'transnationalism' in a wide range of disciplines. Central themes which this book explores include legal and economic reactions to transnational migration; the...
The term 'transnationalism' has gained considerable academic and popular currency despite a lack of clear definitions, in part because its overall ...
The contributors investigate the inter-relationships between migrant remittances and the family in Asia. They argue that, in the context of Asian transnational labour migration where remittances tend to become a primary currency of care, the making or breaking of the family unit is mainly contingent on how individuals handle remittance processes.
The contributors investigate the inter-relationships between migrant remittances and the family in Asia. They argue that, in the context of Asian tran...
Housing more than half of the global population, Asia is a region characterised by increasingly diverse forms of migration and mobility. This new Handbook offers a wide-ranging overview of the field of Asian Migrations; covering migration flows within Asia, into, and out of Asia and contributing to the re-theorising of the field of international migration from non-western experience
Chapters cover a range of topics, shedding light on the historical context of Asian migrations, transnationalism and mobility, migration pathways and contemporary issues in migration. With...
Housing more than half of the global population, Asia is a region characterised by increasingly diverse forms of migration and mobility. This new H...
