This book critically evaluates the transnational communities approach to contemporary international migration. It does so through a specific focus on the relationship between 'transnational communities' and 'home'. The meaning of 'home' for international migrants is changing and evolving, as new globally-oriented identities are developed. These issues are explored through a number of central themes: the meaning of 'home' to transnational peoples, the implications of transforming these social spaces and how these have been transformed.
Notes on contributors vii Preface x Acknowledgements xiv Transnationalism, international migration and home 1(14) Nadje Al-Ali Khalid Koser PART I Transnational communities and the meaning of `home 15(70) Homes in crisis: Syrian Orthodox Christians in Turkey and Germany 17(17) Heidi Armbruster Sudanese identity in diaspora and the meaning of home: the transformative role of Sudanese NGOs in Cairo 34(17) Anita Hausermann Fabos Shifting meanings of `home: consumption and identity in Moroccan womens transational practices between Italy and Morocco 51(17) Ruba Salih Senegal is our home: the anchored nature of Senegalese transnational networks 68(17) Bruno Riccio PART II The implications of transforming homes for transnational communities 85(68) The meaning of homeland for the Palestinian diaspora: revival and transformation 87(9) Mohamed Kamel Dorai Trans- or a-national? Bosnian refugees in the UK and the Netherlands 96(22) Nadje Al-Ali Homeland lost and gained: Croatian diaspora and refugees in Sweden 118(20) Maja Povrzanovic Frykman From refugees to transnational communities? 138(15) Khalid Koser PART III Transnational communities and the transformation of home 153(71) Mobilizing for the transformation of home: politicized identities and transnational practices 155(14) Fiona B. Adamson The Kashmiri diaspora: influences in Kashmir 169(17) Patricia Ellis Zafar Khan Working for a solution through Europe: Kurdish political lobbying in Germany 186(16) Eva Ostergaard-Nielsen Sustaining societies under strain: remittances as a form of transnational exchange in Sri Lanka and Ghana 202(22) Nicholas Van Hear References 224(15) Index 239
Nadje Al-Ali, Khalid Koser
