Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Gowricharn, Ruben

Titel

Political Integration in Indian Diaspora Societies

Auflage

1

Ort / Verlag

Oxford: Routledge

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This book studies the political integration of Indian diaspora communities into their host societies. It argues that insertion occurs on an ethnic basis which enables these groups to utilise their clout and at the same time exert collective rights in matters like freedom of religion, organisation, and lifestyle. Drawing on case studies from South Africa, America, and the Caribbean, the volume analyses different forms, levels, and patterns of groupist political integration. It examines various instances of integration such as anti-Indian apartheid laws; the life and times of Dr Sudhindra Bose, one of the early Bengali intellectuals in the United States; and Hindutva organisations in the United States/United Kingdom; as well as the introduction of the Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) scheme by the Indian government. An important intervention in the study of ethnic groups and their integration, the book will be of interest to students and researchers of diaspora studies, globalisation and transnational migration, cultural studies, minority studies, sociology, political studies, international relations, and South Asian studies.