The assumption that minorities and migrants will demonstrate an
exclusive loyalty to the nation-state is now questionable. Scholars of
nationalism, international migration and ethnic relations need new
conceptual maps and fresh case studies to understand the growth of complex
transnational identities. The old idea of "diaspora" may provide this
framework. Though often conceived in terms of a catastrophic dispersion,
widening the notion of diaspora to include trade, imperial, labour, and
cultural diasporas can provide a more nuanced understanding of the
often positive relationships between migrants' homelands and their places
of work and settlement. This series of books attempts to capture the new
relationships between home and abroad.
Global Disaporas: An Introduction, by Robin Cohen
New Diasporas: The Mass Exodus,
Dispersal, and Regrouping of Migrant Communities,
by Nicholas Van
Hear
The Sikh Diaspora: Search for Statehood, by Darshan Singh Tatla
Italy's Many Diasporas: Elites, Exiles and Workers of the World, by Donna R. Gabaccia