Download or read book Hometown Transnationalism written by Thomas Lacroix and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-11-09 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collective remittances, that is to say development initiatives carried out by immigrant groups for the benefit of their place of origin, have been attracting growing attention from both academics and policy makers. Focusing on hometown organisations, this book analyses the social mechanics that are conducive to collective transnationalism.