{"product_id":"organizing-the-transnational-9780774814072","title":"Organizing the Transnational","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection articulates a multi-level cultural politics of transnationalism to frame contemporary analyses of immigration and diasporas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith \u003cem\u003eOrganizing the Transnational: Labour, Politics, and Social Change\u003c\/em\u003e, Luin Goldring and Sailaja Krishnamurti present the diversity and expression of transnationalism as both concept and reality. By incorporating non-academics in this discussion, the collection expands the current debate on transnationalism to include the perspectives of non-governmental actors and agencies. ... As such, the book serves as a springboard to share and debate the origins and manifestations of transnational identity in the Canadian context. -- David Dorey, International Settlement Canada, Vol. 21, No. 4, Spring 2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \/ \u003cem\u003eLuin Goldring and Sailaja Krishnamurti\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Institutions, Policies, and Identities\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 State and Media Construction of Transnational Communities: A Case Study of Recent Migration from Hong Kong to Canada \/ \u003cem\u003eMyer Siemiatycki and Valerie Preston\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Emerging Postnational Citizenships in International Law: Implications for Transnational Lives and Organizing \/ \u003cem\u003eSusan J. Henders\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Transnational Nationalism: Sri Lankan Tamils in Canada \/ \u003cem\u003eSarah V. Wayland\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Demystifying Transnationalism: Canadian Immigration Policy and the Promise of Nation Building \/ \u003cem\u003eUzma Shakir\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 On Tim Hortons and Transnationalism: Negotiating Canadianness and the Role of Activist\/Researcher \/ \u003cem\u003eLeela Viswanathan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: States, Transnational Labour, and Diasporic Capital\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Globalizing Work, Globalizing Citizenship: Community–Migrant Worker Alliances in Southwestern Ontario \/ \u003cem\u003eKerry Preibisch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Forcing Governments to Govern in Defence of Noncitizen Workers: A Story about the Canadian Labour Movement’s Alliance with Agricultural Migrants \/ \u003cem\u003eStan Raper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Transnationalism, Development, and Social Capital: Tamil Community Networks in Canada \/ \u003cem\u003eR. Cheran\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Dancing Here, “Living” There: Transnational Lives and Working Conditions of Latina Migrant Exotic Dancers \/ \u003cem\u003eGloria Patricia and Díaz Barrero\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 Transnational Work and the Labour Politics of Gender: A Study of Male and Female Mexican Migrant Workers Employed in Canada \/ \u003cem\u003eOfelia Becerril\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 Development and Diasporic Capital: Nonresident Indians and the State \/ \u003cem\u003ePablo S. Bose\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Transnational Organizing and Social Change\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 The Institutional Landscapes of Salvadoran Refugee Migration: Transnational and Local Views from Los Angeles and Toronto \/ \u003cem\u003ePatricia Landolt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 The South Asia Left Democratic Alliance: The Dilemmas of a Transnational Left \/ \u003cem\u003eAparna Sundar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 Transnationalism and Political Participation among Filipinos in Canada \/ \u003cem\u003ePhilip F. Kelly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15 Transnational Organizing in the Americas \/ \u003cem\u003eRusa Jeremic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16 The Challenges of Extraterritorial Participation: Peru’s Advisory Councils for Peruvians Abroad \/ \u003cem\u003eGaby Motta and Carlos Enrique Terry (with Luin Goldring)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion \/ \u003cem\u003eSailaja Krishnamurti and Luin Goldring\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences; Contributors; Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404916302167,"sku":"9780774814072","price":73.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774814072.jpg?v=1730488043","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/organizing-the-transnational-9780774814072","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}