Khan book analyzes impact of remittances on international relations
A new book co-authored
by Sabith Khan ’11 MPA/IR provides a unique analysis of the impacts that
remittances (e.g., money sent home by migrant workers) have on community
development and relations between the nation-states. The book, Remittances and International Development:
The Invisible Forces Shaping Community, will be published by Routledge
later this month and is available for pre-order now. Khan’s co-author is Daisha
Merritt is a faculty member (management and technology) at Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University.
The book examines
remittances in the two largest such corridors in the world: India-Saudi Arabia
and Mexico-United States. Using theories of motives of giving, policy analysis,
international development, and international relations, the authors describe
how and why remittances occur and their impacts on both giver and recipient. Ultimately,
it offers an understanding of how vital remittances are to economic development
around the world.
Khan is a program director
and assistant professor in the Master
of Public Policy & Administration program at California Lutheran
University. He is the author of Islamic
Education in the United States and the Evolution of Muslim Nonprofit
Institutions, published in 2017 by Edward Elgar Publishing. Khan is also
working with other scholars to create a disciplinary network focused on
remittances and migration, the International Organization for Remittances &
Migration (IOREM). In addition to his Maxwell degree, Khan holds a PhD in planning,
governance, and globalization from Virginia Tech.
For more about Khan’s book, see the publisher’s website and Khan's personal website. For information about IOREM, visit the network’s website.
07/07/20