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Anthropology of Migration and Multiculturalism
New Directions
Series: Ethnic and Racial Studies
The field of anthropology of migration and multiculturalism is booming. Throughout its hundred-odd year history, studies of migration and diverse or ‘plural’ societies have arguably been both marginal and central to the discipline of Anthropology. However, recent years have witnessed the rapid...
To Be Published August 15th 2013 by Routledge
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Anthropology of Migration and Multiculturalism
New Directions
The field of anthropology of migration and multiculturalism is booming. Throughout its hundred-odd year history, studies of migration and diverse or ‘plural’ societies have arguably been both marginal and central to the discipline of Anthropology. However, recent years have witnessed the rapid...
Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
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Multiculturalism
Series: Critical Concepts in Sociology
Edited by two leading scholars in the field, this new title in Routledge’s Major Works series, Critical Concepts in Sociology, is a four-volume collection of canonical and cutting-edge research. Serious work on multiculturalism flourishes as never before, and this ‘mini library’ meets the need for...
Published November 30th 2010 by Routledge
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The Multiculturalism Backlash
European Discourses, Policies and Practices
In a relatively short time, many European governments have been purposefully dropping the notion ‘multicultural’ or other references to cultural diversity in their policy vocabularies. More and more politicians and public intellectuals have criticized a perceived shift towards ‘too much diversity’....
Published December 16th 2009 by Routledge
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Migration
Series: Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences
Nowadays, migration seems never far from the top of the political agenda. Whether as a consequence of civil and ethnic unrest, or as one response to the widening gulf between the wealthy and poor zones of the world, international population movement for sanctuary or settlement has become as...
Published November 23rd 2009 by Routledge
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Transnationalism
Series: Key Ideas
'Transnationalism' refers to multiple ties and interactions linking people or institutions across the borders of nation-states. This book surveys the broader meanings of transnationalism within the study of globalization before concentrating on migrant transnational practices. Each chapter...
Published March 26th 2009 by Routledge
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Culture and Economy in the Indian Diaspora
Series: Routledge Research in Transnationalism
The Indian diaspora is one of the largest and most significant in the world today with between nine and twelve million people of Indian origin living outside South Asia. With successive waves of migration over the last two hundred years to almost every continent, it has assumed increasing...
Published May 21st 2003 by Routledge
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The Hindu Diaspora
Comparative Patterns
Series: Global Diasporas
Hinduism outside the Indian subcontinent represents a contrasting and scattered community. From Britain to the Caribbean, diasporic Hindus have substantially reformed their beliefs and practices in accordance with their historical and social circumstances. In this theoretically innovative analysis...
Published October 25th 2000 by Routledge