SOC375H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Official Language, Guessing, Separatism
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Transnationalism: sustained ties across borders that result from immigration patterns and refugees. Bonds of solidarity: strong group identity, sustained independently of the countries of which they live: ex. Italians being able to vote in national elections. Overlapping definitions and identities people have of themselves. Speak a language at home, then using proper english outside of the home: engage with new and old society, incorporated into canadian society, origins in exclusion and discrimination. Fluidity of constructed styles, social institutions, everyday practices. Bollywood film being influenced by western themes, styles, issues. Increasing international movement of money: large scale with transnational capitalisms. Ordinary people who also support others through remittances. How ethnic community members engage in political process in respective homelands: formal participation, dual citizenship, support for political parties. People who have ties to homeland as suspicious . The study of transnationalism: pitfalls and promise of an emergent research field- portes et. al. Technology helps make ties easier, but always existed.
