Organizing the Transnational

Luin Goldring is an associate professor of sociology at York University, Toronto. Sailaja Krishnamurti is a doctoral candidate in Social and Political Thought at York University.

With Organizing the Transnational: Labour, Politics, and Social Change, Luin Goldring and Sailaja Krishnamurti present the diversity and expression of transnationalism as both concept and reality. By incorporating non-academics in this discussion, the collection expands the current debate on transnationalism to include the perspectives of non-governmental actors and agencies. ... As such, the book serves as a springboard to share and debate the origins and manifestations of transnational identity in the Canadian context. - David Dorey, International Settlement Canada, Vol. 21, No. 4, Spring 2008

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction / Luin Goldring and Sailaja KrishnamurtiPart 1: Institutions, Policies, and Identities1 State and Media Construction of Transnational Communities: A Case Study of Recent Migration from Hong Kong to Canada / Myer Siemiatycki and Valerie Preston2 Emerging Postnational Citizenships in International Law: Implications for Transnational Lives and Organizing / Susan J. Henders3 Transnational Nationalism: Sri Lankan Tamils in Canada / Sarah V. Wayland4 Demystifying Transnationalism: Canadian Immigration Policy and the Promise of Nation Building / Uzma Shakir5 On Tim Hortons and Transnationalism: Negotiating Canadianness and the Role of Activist/Researcher / Leela ViswanathanPart 2: States, Transnational Labour, and Diasporic Capital6 Globalizing Work, Globalizing Citizenship: Community–Migrant Worker Alliances in Southwestern Ontario / Kerry Preibisch7 Forcing Governments to Govern in Defence of Noncitizen Workers: A Story about the Canadian Labour Movement's Alliance with Agricultural Migrants / Stan Raper8 Transnationalism, Development, and Social Capital: Tamil Community Networks in Canada / R. Cheran9 Dancing Here, "Living" There: Transnational Lives and Working Conditions of Latina Migrant Exotic Dancers / Gloria Patricia and Díaz Barrero10 Transnational Work and the Labour Politics of Gender: A Study of Male and Female Mexican Migrant Workers Employed in Canada / Ofelia Becerril11 Development and Diasporic Capital: Nonresident Indians and the State / Pablo S. BosePart 3: Transnational Organizing and Social Change12 The Institutional Landscapes of Salvadoran Refugee Migration: Transnational and Local Views from Los Angeles and Toronto / Patricia Landolt13 The South Asia Left Democratic Alliance: The Dilemmas of a Transnational Left / Aparna Sundar14 Transnationalism and Political Participation among Filipinos in Canada / Philip F. Kelly15 Transnational Organizing in the Americas / Rusa Jeremic16 The Challenges of Extraterritorial Participation: Peru's Advisory Councils for Peruvians Abroad / Gaby Motta and Carlos Enrique Terry (with Luin Goldring)Conclusion / Sailaja Krishnamurti and Luin GoldringReferences; Contributors; Index