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Muslim Migration, Institutional Development, and the Geographic Imagination: The Aga Khan Development Network’s Global Transnationalism

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Transnational Europe

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics ((PSEUP))

Abstract

Ismaili Muslims are an example of a transcontinental group that comprises indigenous and migrant communities located in various parts of the world. Many of the global Ismaili community’s key institutions are headquartered in Europe, and they engage with European, as well as other, states and international organizations. This community, like many other ‘transnations’ (Appadurai 1996, 172), traverses the borders of Europe, belying standard notions of a clearly demarcated continent with apparently fixed ideas about Europeanness.

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  1. Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University, Canada

    Joan DeBardeleben (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Department of Political Science, Carleton University, Canada

    Achim Hurrelmann (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

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Karim, K.H. (2011). Muslim Migration, Institutional Development, and the Geographic Imagination: The Aga Khan Development Network’s Global Transnationalism. In: DeBardeleben, J., Hurrelmann, A. (eds) Transnational Europe. Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230306370_12

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