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Klappentext This edited volume discusses how the Punjabi transnational experience has impacted Indian transnationalism and led to a diverse diaspora. Zusammenfassung As immigration policies and asylum politics are not static! this book studies how migration often leads to households that are composed simultaneously of 'citizens'! 'visitors' and 'illegal foreigners'. In studying Punjabi transnationalism! this book records how it has impacted Indian transnationalism and creates a holistic picture about the Punjabi diaspora. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: transnational world and Indian Punjab: contemporary issues S. Irudaya Rajan, Aswini Kumar Nanda and V. J. Varghese; Part I. A Historical Survey: 1. Punjabis in America Bruce La Brack; 2. Punjabi-Sikh migration: Latin America: a geographic profile Swarn Singh Kahlon; 3. Punjabis/Sikhs in Canada Usha George and Ferzana Chaze; 4. Punjabi migration, settlement and experience in the UK Shinder S. Thandi; Part II. Shifting Contours of Migration: 5. Ziddi Mundeh: political asylum, transnational movement and the migrations of men Radhika Chopra; 6. Punjabi illegal migrants in France: tales of suffering, invisibility and marginalization Nisha Kirpalani, Christine Moliner and Saad Muhammad; 7. Migration as a transnational enterprise: migrations from Eastern Punjab and the question of social licitness V. J. Varghese and S. Irudaya Rajan; Part III. Social Structures and Organizational Links: 8. The ambiguity of Punjabi transnationalism: caste and development within a transnational community Steve Taylor, Manjit Singh and Deborah Booth; 9. Punjabi diasporas: conceptualizing and evaluating impacts of diaspora: homeland linkages Shinder S. Thandi; 10. Punjabi immigrant organizations in the UK and their transnational connections Thomas Lacroix; Part IV. Education and Migration: 11. Sending children 'back home' for their (mis)education Kaveri Qureshi; 12. Transnational health institutions, global nursing care chains, and the internationalization of nurse education in Punjab Margaret Walton-Roberts; Part V. Family Networks: 13. Punjabis in Italy: the role of ethnic and family networks in immigration and economic integration Barbara Bertolani; 14. Gender, the life course and homemaking across Tanzania, Britain and Indian Punjab Kanwal Mand; 15. Intergenerational tensions and cultural reproduction in a Punjabi community in England Neelu Kang....
