Migration, Mobility and Multiple Affiliations
Punjabis in a Transnational World

This edited volume discusses how the Punjabi transnational experience has impacted Indian transnationalism and led to a diverse diaspora.

S. Irudaya Rajan (Edited by), V. J. Varghese (Edited by), Aswini Kumar Nanda (Edited by)

9781107117037, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 14 March 2016

388 pages
23.6 x 15.6 x 3 cm, 0.67 kg

Migration, Mobility and Multiple Affiliations studies Punjabi transnational life from perspectives that have relevance for contemporary policy, planning and governance. It analyses the spatially widespread, integrated and complex Punjabi diaspora while reflecting its vulnerability in an increasingly globalized world. Besides an overarching introduction and a historical overview, this book covers shifting contours of international migration, social structure and organizational links, the interrelationship between education and migration, and family networks of the Punjabi emigrants.

Introduction: transnational world and Indian Punjab: contemporary issues S. Irudaya Rajan, Aswini Kumar Nanda and V. J. Varghese
Part I. A Historical Survey: 1. Punjabis in America Bruce La Brack
2. Punjabi–Sikh migration: Latin America: a geographic profile Swarn Singh Kahlon
3. Punjabis/Sikhs in Canada Usha George and Ferzana Chaze
4. Punjabi migration, settlement and experience in the UK Shinder S. Thandi
Part II. Shifting Contours of Migration: 5. Ziddi Mundeh: political asylum, transnational movement and the migrations of men Radhika Chopra
6. Punjabi illegal migrants in France: tales of suffering, invisibility and marginalization Nisha Kirpalani, Christine Moliner and Saad Muhammad
7. Migration as a transnational enterprise: migrations from Eastern Punjab and the question of social licitness V. J. Varghese and S. Irudaya Rajan
Part III. Social Structures and Organizational Links: 8. The ambiguity of Punjabi transnationalism: caste and development within a transnational community Steve Taylor, Manjit Singh and Deborah Booth
9. Punjabi diasporas: conceptualizing and evaluating impacts of diaspora: homeland linkages Shinder S. Thandi
10. Punjabi immigrant organizations in the UK and their transnational connections Thomas Lacroix
Part IV. Education and Migration: 11. Sending children 'back home' for their (mis)education Kaveri Qureshi
12. Transnational health institutions, global nursing care chains, and the internationalization of nurse education in Punjab Margaret Walton-Roberts
Part V. Family Networks: 13. Punjabis in Italy: the role of ethnic and family networks in immigration and economic integration Barbara Bertolani
14. Gender, the life course and homemaking across Tanzania, Britain and Indian Punjab Kanwal Mand
15. Intergenerational tensions and cultural reproduction in a Punjabi community in England Neelu Kang.

Subject Areas: Population & demography [JHBD], Ethnic studies [JFSL], Migration, immigration & emigration [JFFN], Development studies [GTF]