Transnational Flows and Permissive Polities Ethnographies of Human Mobilities in Asia

• Other Authors: Kalir, Barak (Editor), Sur, Malini (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam University Press 2012
• Series: IIAS Publications Series
• Subjects: Asian history; Society & culture: general; Human geography; Anthropology; Sociology; Population Studies; History
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This book is a collection of ethnographies of transnational migration and border crossings in Asia. Interdisciplinary in scope, it addresses issues of mobility and Diaspora from various vantage points. Unique to this volume is an emphasis of studying globalisation from below, privileging the narrati...