Transnational Community Mobilization and Transformation, 2010-2020

By (author) Abdulkadir Osman Farah

Publication date:

13 August 2024

Publisher

Anthem Press

Dimensions:

229x153mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781839990885

The world is increasingly complex and ever changing. One of these changes involves the increasing trans-nationalization by diverse sociopolitical groups/institutions, including the state, the corporate, as well as different transnational communities, including professionalized social groups. Such groups also include transnational communities with migrant-refugee history and background. These communities often link their local host environments with their homeland origins in multiple ways. They often do such activities through diversified, transnationally situational and context-based sociopolitical engagements and mobilizations toward and with multiple social, political, and economic actors. Their main aim and purpose is to achieve and maintain recognition and dignified lives as individuals, groups, as well as communities. Through resisting exclusion and trying to help the excluded, they often approach transnational issues with cautious responsibility and cooperation as well as collaboration with multiple public, civic, and private actors.

Foreword by John Clammer; Foreword by Professor Martin Bak Jørgensen; Afterword by Ananta Kumar Giri; When Lions Roar Calves Whisper: A Case of Transnational Community Mobilization (2010–20); 1. Praining Nation-States with the Becoming of Transnationally Connected; 2. Conceptualizing Local Transnational Encounters and Connections (LOTEC) ; 3. Coping with Transnational Citizenship Challenges; 4. The Quest for Transnational Civic Mobilization; 5. The Search for Employment and Social Mobility; 6. Struggling for the Improvement of Community Image; 7. Transnational Communities Contributing to Local Public Policy Formations to the 2020 Global Pandemic; 8. Mobilizing Against Forced Repatriations; 9. Transnational Communities Supporting Refugees Overcoming “Limbo” Status; Index

“The etymology of the term ‘theory’ is from the Greek root thea, to see. And the author of this book does indeed make the reader see, both in the sense of interpreting the here-and-now while at the same time engaging the mind’s eye to imagine future configurations of events yet to come. Distin-guished by its erudition, clarity, and accessibility, this book is not only essential reading for anyone interested in transnational studies but is also an important contribution to diverse disciplines, including anthropology, economics, development, and African studies.” — Ali Jimale Ahmed, Professor at Queens College and the CUNY Graduate Center, New York