The Sikh Diaspora - The Search For Statehood

List of contents

Foreword by the Series Editor, Preface, List of tables, Maps, Introduction, Theoretical issues, Scope of the study, 1 The Sikhs: the search for statehood, 2 The Sikh diaspora: a history of settlement, 3 The Sikh diaspora and the Punjab: dialectics of ethnic linkages, 4 The Sikh diaspora and the Punjab: political linkages, 5 Demand for homeland: Sikhs in North America, 6 Demand for homeland: Sikhs in Britain, 7 Mediating between states: Sikh diplomacy and interstate relations, 8 Call of homeland: models and reality of ethnic mobilization, Conclusion, Appendices, Notes, Glossary and abbreviations, Bibliography, Index

About the author

Darsham Singh Tatla

Summary

Explores the relationship between home and host states and between migrant and indigenous Sikh communities, considering the implications of the history and politics of the Sikh diaspora for nationality, citizenship and sovereignity.

Product details

• Authors: Darsham Singh Tatla
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.11.1998
• EAN: 9781857283006
• ISBN: 978-1-85728-300-6
• No. of pages: 342
• Weight: 880 g
• Series: Global Diasporas
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, RELIGION / Sikhism, Migration, immigration & emigration, Social and cultural history, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Migration, immigration and emigration, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Civil rights & citizenship, Human Geography, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Sikhism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, Civics and citizenship, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Population and migration geography