Organizing the Transnational: Labour, Politics, and Social Change

Resource type
Authors/contributors
Title
Organizing the Transnational: Labour, Politics, and Social Change
Abstract
Growing recognition of transnational practices and identities is changing the way scholars and activists ask questions about migration. Organizing the Transnational articulates a multi-level cultural politics of transnationalism to frame contemporary analyses of immigration and diasporas. With chapters by academics and activists working from diverse perspectives, the volume moves beyond the conventional focus on states and migrants to consider a wide array of institutions, actors, and forms of mobilization that shape transnational engagements and communities. Its unique approach will inform the work of researchers, practitioners, and activists interested in the dynamics of transnational social spaces. --Publisher's description
Place
Vancouver
Publisher
UBC Press
Date
2007
# of Pages
vi, 292 pages
Language
English
ISBN
978-0-7748-1407-2
Extra
Available at Internet Archive for readers with print disabilities: https://archive.org/details/organizingtransn0000unse/page/n9/mode/2up OCLC: 162506932
Notes

Contents: State and media construction of transnational communities: a case study of recent migration from Hong Kong to Canada / Myer Siemiatycki, Valerie Preston -- Emerging postnational citizenships in international law: implications for transnational lives and organizing / Susan J. Henders -- Transnational nationalism: Sri Lankan Tamils in Canda / Sarah V. Wayland -- Demystifying transnationalism: Canadian immigration policy and the promise of nation building / Uzma Shakir -- On Tim Hortons and transnationalism: negotiating Canadianness and the role of activist/researcher / Leela Viswanathan -- Globalizing work, globalizing citizenship: community-migrant worker alliances in Southwestern Ontario / Kerry Preibisch -- Forcing government to govern in defence of noncitizen workers: a story about the Canadian labour movements's alliance with agricultural migrants / interview with Stan Raper by Kerry Preibisch -- Transnationalism, development, and social capital: Tamil community networks in Canada / R. Cheran -- Dancing here, "living" there: transnational lives and working conditions of Latina migrant exotic dancers / Gloria Patricia Díaz Barrero -- Transnational work and the gendered politics of labour: a study of male and female Mexican migrant farm workers in Canada / Ofelia Becerril -- Development and diasporic capital: nonresident Indians and the state / Pablo S. Bose -- The institutional landscapes of Salvadoran refugee migration: transnational and local views from Los Angeles and Toronto / Patricia Landolt -- The South Asia Left Democratic Alliance: the dilemmas of a transnational left / Aparna Sundar -- Transnationalism and political participation among Filipinos in Canada / Philip F. Kelly -- Transnational organizing in the Americas / Rusa Jeremic -- The challenges of extraterritorial participation: advisory councils for Peruvians abroad / Interview with Gaby Motta and Carlos Enrique Terry by Luin Goldring -- The institutional landscapes of Salvadoran refugee migration: transnational and local views from Los Angeles and Toronto / Patricia Landolt -- The South Asia Left Democratic Alliance: the dilemmas of a transnational left / Aparna Sundar -- Transnationalism and political participation among Filipinos in Canada / Philip F. Kelly -- Transnational organizing in the Americas / Rusa Jeremic -- The challenges of extraterritorial participation: advisory councils for Peruvians abroad / Interview with Gaby Motta and Carlos Enrique Terry by Luin Goldring.

Citation
Goldring, L., & Krishnamurti, S. (Eds.). (2007). Organizing the Transnational: Labour, Politics, and Social Change. UBC Press. https://www.ubcpress.ca/organizing-the-transnational