Hometown transnationalism : long distance villageness among Indian Punjabis and North African Berbers /
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Author / Creator: | Lacroix, Thomas, author. |
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Imprint: | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. |
Description: | x, 217 pages ; 23 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Migration, diasporas and citizenship Migration, diasporas and citizenship. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10424988 |
Summary: | Collective remittances, that is to say development initiatives carried out by immigrant groups for the benefit of their place of origin, have been attracting growing attention from both academics and policy makers. Focusing on hometown organisations, this book analyses the social mechanics that are conducive to collective transnationalism. |
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Physical Description: | x, 217 pages ; 23 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781137567208 1137567201 |