Global Diasporas

An Introduction

Robin Cohen

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2022
• ISBN:
  9781000614060
• Edition: 3
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Sociology
• Index: Social Sciences

Following its initial publication in 1997, Global Diasporas: An Introduction was central to the emergence of diaspora studies and quickly established itself as the leading textbook in the field. This expanded and fully-revised 25 th anniversary edition adds two new chapters on incipient diasporas and diaspora engagement while carefully clarifying the changing meanings of the concept of diaspora and incorporating updated statistics and new interpretations seamlessly into the original text. The book has also been made more student-friendly with illustrations, thought-provoking questions, and guides to further reading.

The book features insightful case studies and compares a wide range of diasporas, including Jewish, Armenian, African, Sikh, Chinese, British, Indian, Lebanese, Afghan and Caribbean peoples. This edition also retains Cohen's rich historical and sociological descriptions and clear yet elegant writing, as well as his modified concept of 'diasporic rope' linking different features of diasporas.

This updated edition of the definitive textbook in the field will be an indispensable guide for students and instructors seeking to explore the complex issues of diaspora, migration and identity.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Preface
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 The Dichotomous Data Problem
• Chapter 3 The One-Sample Location Problem
• Chapter 4 The Two-Sample Location Problem
• Chapter 5 The Two-Sample Dispersion Problem and Other Two-Sample Problems
• Chapter 6 The One-Way Layout
• Chapter 7 The Two-Way Layout
• Chapter 8 The Independence Problem
• Chapter 9 Regression Problems
• Chapter 10 Comparing Two Success Probabilities
• Chapter 11 Life Distributions and Survival Analysis
• Chapter 12 Density Estimation
• Chapter 13 Wavelets
• Chapter 14 Smoothing
• Chapter 15 Ranked Set Sampling
• Chapter 16 An Introduction to Bayesian Nonparametric Statistics via the Dirichlet Process
• Bibliography
• R Program Index
• Author Index
• Subject Index
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