| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 272 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Transnationalism. Routledge research in transnationalism ; 12
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Transnationalism. Routledge research in transnationalism ; 12.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction : transnationalism as a challenge to the nation / Katie Willis, Brenda S.A. Yeoh and S.M. Abdul Khader Fakhri -- 2. The myth of the controllability of difference : labour migration, transnational communities and state strategies in the Asia-Pacific region / Stephen Castles -- 3. Spheres of speculation and middling transnational migrants : Chinese Indonesians in the Asia-Pacific / Donald M. Nonini -- 4. Citizenship and differential exclusion of immigrants in Japan / Keiko Yamanaka -- 5. Is there a transnation? : migrancy and the national homeland among overseas Filipinos / Filomeno V. Aguilar Jr. -- 6. Expatriating is patriotic? : the discourse on "new migrants" in the People's Republic of China and identity construction among recent migrants from the PRC / Pál Nyíri -- 7. From nation to networks and back again : transnationalism, class and national identity in Malaysia / Tim Bunnell -- 8. Indian information technology professionals' world system : the nation and the transnation in individuals' migration strategies / Xiang Biao -- 9. Beyond transnational nationalism : questioning the borders of the Chinese diaspora in the global city / Ien Ang -- 10. Democracy, culture and the politics of gate-keeping in Cambodia : the transnation goes home / Caroline Hughes -- 11. Internal transnationalism and the formation of the Vietnamese diaspora / Andrew Hardy -- 12. Shifting the axis : feminism and the transnational imaginary / Vera Mackie. |
| Summary |
Setting the book within a theoretical framework, the authors explore a range of themes such as migration, identity and citizenship in chapters on China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, Japan, Indonesia, Australia, Singapore and Cambodia. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Transnationalism.
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Transnationalism. |
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Foreign workers -- Asia.
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Foreign workers. |
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Asia. |
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Foreign workers -- Pacific Area.
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Pacific Area. |
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Asians -- Foreign countries.
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Asians. |
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Foreign countries. |
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Asia -- Emigration and immigration.
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Emigration and immigration. |
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Pacific Area -- Emigration and immigration.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Yeoh, Brenda S. A.
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Willis, Katie, 1968-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: State/nation/transnation. London ; New York : Routledge, 2004 041530279X (DLC) 2003019867 (OCoLC)53000290 |
| ISBN |
0203497341 (electronic book) |
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9780203497340 (electronic book) |
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