The Sikh Diaspora

The Search For Statehood
1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-1-85728-300-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 342 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 540 g

Reihe: Global Diasporas

This book offers an overview of the Sikh diaspora, exploring the relationship between home and host states and between migrant and indigenous communities. The book considers the implications of history and politics of the Sikh diaspora for nationality, citizenship and sovereignity.; The text should serve as a supplementary text for undergraduates and postgraduates on courses in race, ethnicity and international migration within sociology, politics, international relations, Asian history, and human geography. In particular, it should serve as a core text for Sikh/Punjab courses within Asian studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Singh Tatla, Darsham

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Östliche Religionen Sikhismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by the Series Editor, Preface, List of tables, Maps, Introduction, Theoretical issues, Scope of the study, 1 The Sikhs: the search for statehood, 2 The Sikh diaspora: a history of settlement, 3 The Sikh diaspora and the Punjab: dialectics of ethnic linkages, 4 The Sikh diaspora and the Punjab: political linkages, 5 Demand for homeland: Sikhs in North America, 6 Demand for homeland: Sikhs in Britain, 7 Mediating between states: Sikh diplomacy and interstate relations, 8 Call of homeland: models and reality of ethnic mobilization, Conclusion, Appendices, Notes, Glossary and abbreviations, Bibliography, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Darsham Singh Tatla