ABSTRACT
This handbook offers an analysis of Asian diaspora and development, and explores the role that immigrants living within diasporic and transnational communities play in the development of their host countries and their homeland. Bringing together an array of interdisciplinary scholars from across the world, the handbook is divided into the following sections:
• Development Potential of Asian Diasporas
• Diaspora, Homeland, and Development
• Gender, Generation, and Identities
• Soft Power, Mobilization, and Development
• Media, Culture, and Representations.
Presenting cutting-edge research on several dimensions of diaspora and development, Routledge Handbook of Asian Diaspora and Development provides a platform for further discussion in the fields of migration studies, diaspora studies, transnational studies, race relations, ethnic studies, gender studies, globalization, Asian studies, and research methods.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|78 pages
Development potential of Asian diasporas
chapter 1|13 pages
Making sense of the past
part II|66 pages
Diaspora, homeland, and development
chapter 7|15 pages
Manipur’s diaspora in the United States
chapter 8|14 pages
Remittance owners’ financial capabilities
part III|63 pages
Gender, generation and identities
chapter 13|13 pages
Financial dependence of Indian parent migrants in Australia
chapter 15|9 pages
Private and communal kitchens as spaces for rethinking gender, identity, and citizenship
part IV|78 pages
Soft power, mobilization and development
chapter 17|16 pages
Education, diaspora and development
chapter 20|10 pages
Religion, development and politics
chapter 21|13 pages
From ‘political to social’ role
part V|80 pages
Media, culture and representations
