The state and the grassroots: Immigrant transnational organizations in four continents

Dikici, Erdem

Abstract

The State and The Grassroots is a well-edited collection of essays on transnational immigrant organisations in the U.S. and some European countries. Editors and contributors of this volume argue that the issues of migration, development and integration have conventionally been studied with an individualistic focus, that is, an organisational focus is missing. Therefore, they focus on a variety of transnational immigrant organisations (e.g. hometown associations, alumni organisations) with the aim of illustrating their impacts on (i) socio economic development in origin countries (e.g. India, Morocco, Mexico and Colombia), and (ii) integration into destination societies (e.g. Belgium, France and the U.S.)

• Journal Article Type: Book Review
• Acceptance Date: May 8, 2017
• Online Publication Date: May 24, 2017
• Publication Date: May 24, 2017
• Deposit Date: Oct 10, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 11, 2022
• Journal: Journal of Nordic Migration Research
• Electronic ISSN: 1799-649X
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 62-63
• Item Discussed: Portes, Alejandro & Fernandez-Kelly, Patricia (eds.) (2015) The State and The Grassroots: Immigrant Transnational Organizations in Four Continents, Oxford: Berghahn. 338 pp.
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/njmr-2017-0004
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10020941
• Publisher URL: https://journal-njmr.org/articles/abstract/10.1515/njmr-2017-0004/