Harry Goulbourne, Tracey Reynolds, John Solomos

Transnational Families

Ethnicities, Identities and Social Capital

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This innovative book provides an overview of the emergence of new understandings of ethnicities, identities and family forms across a number of ethnic groups, family types, and national boundaries.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 299g
• ISBN-13: 9780415677530
• ISBN-10: 041567753X
• Artikelnr.: 57039326

Autorenporträt

Harry Goulbourne is Professor of Sociology at London South Bank University, UK. Tracey Reynolds is Senior Research Fellow in the Families & Social Capital Research Group at London South Bank University, UK. John Solomos is Professor of Sociology at City University, UK. Elisabetta Zontini is Lecturer in Sociology at Nottingham University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1.Theorising Transnational Families 2.Social Capital Joins the Trinity: Families
Ethnicities
Communities 3.Methodological Issues and Challenges 4.Migration
Transnational Families and Communities 5.Migrants
Offspring
and Settlement 6.Families
Needs and Caring Practices 7.Continuity and Invention Of Identities Within Families and Communities 8.Problems of Belonging and 'Return' 9.Alienation and Escape from the Family and Community 10.Crossing Boundaries: Problems and Opportunities in 'Mixed' Families 11.Conclusion: Transnational Families
Policy
and Research Challenges