Transnational Archipelago: Perspectives on Cape Verdean Migration and Diaspora [Paperback]

Luís Batalha (Editor), Jørgen Carling (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 9053569944 | ISBN-13: 978-9053569948 | Publication Date: December 10, 2008

The island nation of Cape Verde has given rise to a diaspora that spans the four continents of the Atlantic Ocean. Migration has been essential to the island since the birth of its nation and connections to faraway places continue to dominate its day-to-day life. This volume makes a significant contribution to the study of international migration and transnationalism by exploring the Cape Verdean diaspora through its geographic diversity and broad thematic range. Analyzing such themes in Cape Verdean transnationalism as music, language, the Internet, and gender relations, Transnational Archipelago testifies to the strikingly diverse outcomes of migration from a single, small country.

 

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About the Author

Luís Batalha is a social anthropologist and associate professor at the Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa in Lisbon, Portugal. Jorgen Carling is a human geographer and senior researcher at the International Peace Research Institute in Oslo.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press (December 10, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9053569944
• ISBN-13: 978-9053569948
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,617,968 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #8 in Books > History > Africa > Cape Verde

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Jorgen Carling is Senior Researcher at the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) in Norway. He holds a PhD in human geography and also has a background in demography. He has done research on several aspects of international migration and migrant transnationalism, including human smuggling, migration control policies, transnational families, remittances, and migrant entrepreneurs. His empirical work has concentrated on migration from Africa to Europe. He has extensive fieldwork experience from Cape Verde, the Netherlands and Italy and combines ethnographic data with statistical analyses in his research. He has published in most of the leading journals in the field, including Ethnic and Racial Studies, Global Networks, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, International Migration, and the International Migration Review. In addition, he has published with the Global Commission on Migration, OECD, and the International Organization for Migration. He has held academic visitorships at the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford, and the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI).