| Faist T. Transnational migration / T.Faist, M.Fauser, E.Reisenauer. - Cambridge; Malden: Polity, 2013. - ix, 209 p.: ill., map. - (Immigration & society). - Ref.: p.185-202. - Ind.: p.203- 209. - ISBN 978-0-7456-4978-8
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Preface and Acknowledgements ................................. viii
1 Three Transnationals: Transnationalization,
Transnational Social Spaces and Transnationality ............. 1
Cross-border migration and the need for a transnational
perspective .................................................. 5
Unpacking the transnational .................................. 7
Aim and structure of the book ............................... 17
2 Transnationality and Social Practices ....................... 27
Familial transnational practices ............................ 28
Socio-cultural transnational practices ...................... 32
Economic transnational practices ............................ 35
Political transnational practices ........................... 39
The significance of transnational practices ................. 43
3 Conceptualizing Transnationalization and Transnational
Social Spaces ............................................... 46
Transnationalization in historical perspective .............. 47
The concept of transnational social spaces .................. 53
The durability of transnationalization ...................... 61
4 Transnationalization and Development ........................ 66
Three phases of the debate .................................. 68
Remittances and their role for family and kin ............... 70
Transnational investment and business ....................... 74
Hometown associations and their contributions to
community development ....................................... 75
Transnational circulation of knowledge ...................... 80
Social remittances and their effects ........................ 84
5 Transnationality and the Models of Migrant Integration ...... 88
Transnationalism as a model of integration .................. 91
The relationship between transnationality and integration ... 95
Second-generation transnationality ......................... 102
Migrant associations as a means of integration and
transnationalization ....................................... 106
6 States and Citizens - Transnational Political Practices
and Institutions ........................................... 109
Citizenship: a conceptual sketch ........................... 111
The policies of citizenship: the case of dual citizenship .. 114
The politics of citizenship: citizens, diasporas and
states ..................................................... 121
Transnational citizenship? ................................. 133
7 Transnational Methodology .................................. 135
Three methodological challenges for transnational
analysis ................................................... 136
Methods to address the three challenges .................... 145
Capturing simultaneity ..................................... 157
8 Transnationalizing Civil Society ........................... 159
Civil society and transnational social spaces .............. 161
The relevance of development, social integration and
citizenship for civil society .............................. 164
Civil society and the state ................................ 168
Civil society and the market ............................... 171
Civil society and the family ............................... 172
The role and function of migrant transnational social
spaces for civil society ................................... 175
The significance of a transnational approach for the
social sciences ............................................ 179
Notes
References .................................................... 183
Index ......................................................... 203
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