Transnational Flows and Permissive Polities

• Other Authors: Sur, Malini (Editor), Kalir, Barak (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam University Press 2012
• Subjects: Social mobility; asia; transnational migration; Bangladesh; China; India; Israel; Smuggling
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

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...