Beschreibung:
This book examines the dynamic processes by which communities establish distinct notions of 'home' and 'belonging'. Focusing on the agency of diasporic groups, rather than (forced or voluntary) dispersion and a continued longing for the country of origin, it analyses how a diaspora presence impacts relations between 'home' and host countries. Its central concern is the specific role that diasporas play in global cooperation, including cases without a successful outcome. Bridging the divide between diaspora studies and international relations, it will appeal to sociologists, scholars of migration, anthropologists and policy-makers.
This book examines the dynamic processes by which communities establish distinct notions of 'home' and 'belonging'. Focusing on the agency of diasporic groups, rather than (forced or voluntary) dispersion and a continued longing for the country of origin, it analyses how a diaspora presence impacts relations between 'home' and host countries. Its central concern is the specific role that diasporas play in global cooperation, including cases without a successful outcome. Bridging the divide between diaspora studies and international relations, it will appeal to sociologists, scholars of migration, anthropologists and policy-makers.
Preface: Identity and Political Mobilisation of Diasporas: A Gendered Perspective; Nadje Al-Ali.- Introduction: Coming to Terms with Diaspora Cooperation; David Carment and Ariane Sadjed.- Part I. Negotiating Identities: Accommodating Home and Host-State Policies.- Chapter 1. Contested Diaspora: Negotiating Jewish Identity in Germany; Karen Koerber.- Chapter 2. The ‘Sweet Spot’ between Submission and Subversion: Diaspora, Education and the Cosmopolitan Project; Reza Gholami.- Chapter 3. The Influence of Islamophobia on Ethnic and Religious Identification Among the Iranian Diaspora: Iranian Jews and Baha’is in Germany; Ariane Sadjed.- Part II. The (Im-) Possibilities of Cooperation in Constructing Home and Belonging.- Chapter 4. The Homing of the Diaspora: Ancestral Households and the Politics of Domestic Centering in Rural Gambia, West Africa; Paolo Gaibazzi.- Chapter 5. Conflict and Cooperation in Diaspora Mobilisation for Genocide Recognition; Maria Koinova.- Chapter 6. Political Narratives of Victimisation Among Ukrainian-Canadian Diaspora; Milana Nikolko.- Part III. Diaspora Activism and Cooperation in Comparative Perspective.- Chapter 7. Forced Displacement and Diaspora Cooperation among Cypriot Maronites and Bosnian Serbs; Neophytos Loizides, Djordje Stefanovic and Danae Elston-Alphas.- Chapter 8. The Influence of Diaspora Politics on Conflict and Peace: Transnational Activism of Stateless Kurds; Latif Tas.- Chapter 9. The Transnational Political Effects of Diasporic Citizenship in Countries of Destination: Overseas Citizenship of India and Political Participation in the United States; Daniel Naujoks.- Chapter 10. Diasporas and Fragile States Beyond Remittances: Assessing the Theoretical Linkages; David Carment and Rachael Calleja.- Conclusion: Diaspora as Cultures of Cooperation; Ariane Sadjed and David Carment.