Diaspora as Cultures of Cooperation : Global and Local Perspectives

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Carment, David (Editor), Sadjed, Ariane (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship
• Subjects: Social sciences.; International organization.; Globalization.; Ethnology.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Emigration and immigration.; Self.; Identity (Psychology).; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319328928
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-32892-8
• Physical Description: XXXII, 290 p. 3 illus. online resource.

This book examines the dynamic processes by which communities establish distinct notions of 'home' and 'belonging'. Focusing on the agency of diasporic groups, rather than (forced or voluntary) dispersion and a continued longing for the country of origin, it analyses how a diaspo...