Diasporas, Development and Governance
Editors: Chikanda, Abel, Crush, Jonathan, Walton-Roberts, Margaret (Eds.)
- Brings together the issues of diasporas, development, and governance
- Provides an international perspective that covers both the global North and South
- Features case studies drawn from diverse geographical regions that deal with most facets of diaspora engagement in a multidisciplinary manner
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Drawing on examples from the global North and South, this book examines the relationship between migration, development and diaspora engagement from a governance perspective. It explores the ways that governments interact with their own extra-national diasporic populations in order to boost economic development, build global trading and investment networks, and increase their political leverage overseas. Inside, readers will find fifteen essays which highlight such issues as diaspora engagement by governments at different scales, the divisions that often exist within diaspora groups, diaspora transnationalism and return migration, diaspora knowledge networks and higher education capacity building, and the neglected issues of South-South migration and diasporas as well as North-South migration and diasporas. The book presents empirical case studies from various geographical contexts including Australia, Canada, the Philippines, India, the Caribbean, Zimbabwe, and the United States. Overall, this book presents fresh insights into how and why migrant-sending countries are increasingly turning to the diaspora option to attempt to benefit from the transfer of knowledge, skills and financial and social capital. It provides policy makers, researchers, and students with new perspectives on governance and the means by which states are attempting to utilize their diaspora resources.
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Diasporas, Development and Governance
- Editors
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- Abel Chikanda
- Jonathan Crush
- Margaret Walton-Roberts
- Series Title
- Global Migration Issues
- Series Volume
- 5
- Copyright
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-22165-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-22165-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-22164-9
- Series ISSN
- 2213-2511
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XX, 275
- Number of Illustrations and Tables
- 31 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
- Topics
