"This PhD dissertation grew out of the question why Cambodian American and Cambodian French returnees employ different strategies in working for Cambodia. Why does the first group often start an NGO and the latter rather work for Cambodian government? This study explores, describes, analyzes and compares narratives on migration, institutional entrepreneurial activity and return by a small sample of these returnees."--Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references.

Machine generated contents note: ch. One Introduction 1.1.Why study Cambodian returnees? 1.2.Research questions and theoretical foundations 1.3.Key concepts 1.3.1.Institutional entrepreneurial activities 1.3.2.Transnational social networks 1.3.3.Social capital 1.4.Historical background 1.4.1.Democratization under Sihanouk (1953 1970 1.4.2.Ethnicity in the Cambodian nation 1.4.3.Competing Hegemons 1.4.4.The Khmer Republic (1970 1975 1.4.5.American Aid 1.4.6.Khmer Rouge takeover (1975 1979 1.5.Waves of refugees 1.6.Political and institutional background 1.6.1.Repatriation and voluntary return 1.6.2.Funcinpec and CPP 1.6.3.Competing hegemons again 1.7.Methods 1.7.1.Multisited, comparative and embedded case studies 1.7.2.Immigrant communities in two localities 1.7.3.Informants 1.7.4.Data analysis 1.8.The Research Experience 1.9.Relevance and Achievements 1.10.Outline Contents note continued: ch. Two Engaging Informants In Multisited Research 2.1.Introduction 2.2.Literature Review 2.3.The Research Process 2.3.1.Designing the Research 2.3.2.People in Places 2.3.3.Where to start? 2.3.4.Looking for community 2.3.5.Case selection 2.3.6.Data analysis 2.4.Reflection 2.5.Conclusion ch. Three The Reception of Cambodian Refugees in France 3.1.Introduction 3.2.Methodology 3.3.Coming to France 3.4.Groups of refugees 3.5.The CPH at Bron 3.6.Management of the CPH in Bron, Rhone-Alpes region 3.7.Political Climate in France 3.8.France as an immigrant nation 3.9.French-Cambodian relations 3.10.1968 and beyond 3.11.Signs of Solidarity, Public eyes on Cambodia and its `Mediatization' 3.12.Conclusion ch. Four Understanding the Politics of `Doing Good' 4.1.Introduction 4.2.Bringing together "worlds apart" 4.3.Entrepreneuring development workers or institutional entrepreneurs? Contents note continued: 4.4.Background 4.4.1.A history of Cambodian resettlement 4.4.2.Arriving in your home country, as a foreigner 4.5.A mixed reputation 4.6.A consolidation of political power 4.7.A hybrid democracy 4.8.Analysis 4.9.Conclusion: resolving the paradox of embeddedness ch. Five Immigrant Communities as Resources for Emancipation 5.1.Introduction 5.2.Methods 5.3.Immigrant communities 5.4.Social Networks 5.5.Refugee resettlement infrastructure 5.5.1.Long Beach (CA), USA 5.5.2.Lyon, France 5.6.Cambodian Community 5.6.1.Long Beach (CA), the United States 5.6.2.Lyon, France 5.7.Discussion ch. Six Navigating a River by its Bends 6.1."Life is like a log, floating down the river" 6.2.Methods 6.3.Background 6.4.Social capital in immigrant communities: Lyon &​ Long Beach 6.4.1.Lyon, France 6.4.2.Long Beach, California, USA 6.4.3.Conflict and Solidarity Contents note continued: 6.5.Social capital upon return: Phnom Penh 6.5.1.Returnees in governmental and NGO sectors 6.5.2.Remigrant Communities: Conflict and Solidarity 6.6.Conclusions ch. Seven Conclusion 7.1.Outline 7.2.A comparison of Cambodians' experiences 7.2.1.In Lyon, France 7.2.2.In Long Beach (CA), USA 7.2.3.Cambodia 7.3.Returnees as institutional entrepreneurs 7.3.1.Research questions, research findings 7.3.2.Social capital in (trans)national social networks 7.3.3.Transnational social capital in Cambodian communities 7.3.4.Institutional entrepreneurial activities 7.3.5.Going with the flow? 7.4.Methodological contributions 7.5.Final Remarks Appendices Appendix A Participating Organizations in the USA and France Appendix B General Comparison of Informants Appendix C Characteristics of Key Informants.

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