Comparing and theorizing state–diaspora relations

Délano, Alexandra; Gamlen, Alan

doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2014.05.005

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“…Scholars and international organizations have recently highlighted how states develop policies to engage their emigrants in the state of origin, piloting new migrant membership practices and facilitating the transnational political involvement of migrants (Agunias, Rannveig, & Kathleen Newland International Organization for Migration and Migration Policy Institute, 2012;Baub€ ock & Faist, 2010;D elano & Gamlen, 2014;Gamlen, 2014;Iskander, 2010;Lum, Nikolko, Samy, & Carment, 2013;OECD., 2015;Ostergaard-Nielsen, 2003;Rhodes & Harutyunyan, 2010).…”

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“…More importantly, they differ in the range of cases they cover, and, most significantly, the theoretical insights they apply. A dense web of hypotheses on the contemporary interactions between state and emigrants has developed from several in-depth studies (D elano, 2011;Margheritis, 2011Margheritis, , 2014Ragazzi, 2014aRagazzi, , 2014b, studies with comparative perspectives (Lafleur, 2011;Martiniello & Lafleur, 2008;D elano & Gamlen, 2014;Ragazzi, 2014aRagazzi, , 2014bCollyer, 2013) and theoretical studies on the new conceptions of statehood and citizenship (Baub€ ock, 2007(Baub€ ock, , 2009Itzigsohn, 2000). What this fast-developing literature lacks so far is an understanding of emigrant policies that derives inductively from a systematic collection of policies for a whole region, allowing different profiles to emerge and display variations (i.e.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Diaspora policies in comparison: An application of the Emigrant Policies Index (EMIX) for the Latin American and Caribbean region

Pedroza

Palop-García

2017

Political Geography

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a b s t r a c tIn this paper we present the Emigrant Policies Index (EMIX), an index that summarizes the emigrant policies developed by 22 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) states. In recent decades sending states have increasingly adopted policies to keep economic, political or social links with their emigrants. These "emigrant policies" vary in scope and nature between different countries and include measures as diverse as dual citizenship policies, programs to stimulate remittances, the right to vote in the home country from abroad, and the creation of government agencies to administer emigrant issues. The EMIX proposes a useful tool to condense and compare a wide spectrum of policies across countries. Its development involved the collection of official data, as well as a critical review of secondary literature and input from experts as complementary sources. Through a rigorous framework for constructing the index, we show how emigrant policies can be aggregated to measure the overall degree and volume of emigrant policies in LAC states. The results of the EMIX portray a region that has indeed made serious efforts to assist their diaspora in the states of reception and to encourage their involvement in the political, economic and social fabric in the states of origin. The results, however, also reveal great variation in the emigrant policies and the administrative setting adopted by LAC states.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Diaspora policies in comparison: An application of the Emigrant Policies Index (EMIX) for the Latin American and Caribbean region

Pedroza

Palop-García

2017

Political Geography

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“…Also, given the largely economic nature of today's migratory processes, and the spectacular growth in remittance flows, countries of origin are becoming more and more dependent on the money that their citizens are earning abroad. With all the developmental potential that remittances (can) have, governments of countries of origin are motivated to invent ways of "diaspora engagement" because of the opportunity to capitalize on these resources (Vertovec, 2005;Gamlen, 2010;Délano and Gamlen, 2014).…”

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Migration and Diaspora Policy Institutions in Latin America

Soltész¹

2017

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“…The politics of sending states and migration is attracting increased attention (Adamson and Demetriou, 2007;Collyer, 2013;De Haas, 2007;Délano and Gamlen, 2014;Fitzgerald, 2006;Gamlen et al, 2013;Hollifield, 2012;Kapur, 2010;Koinova, 2012Koinova, , 2018aMeseguer and Burgess, 2014;Mylonas 2012;Naujoks, 2013;Østergaard-Nielsen, 2003;Ragazzi, 2014;Tsourapas, 2015Tsourapas, , 2018aWaterbury, 2010).…”

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How do countries of origin engage migrants and diasporas? Multiple actors and comparative perspectives

Koinova

Tsourapas²

2018

International Political Science Review

108

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The relationship of states to populations beyond their borders is of increasing interest to those seeking to understand the international politics of migration. This introduction to the special issue of International Political Science Review on diasporas and sending states provides an overview of existing explanations for why states reach out to diasporas and migrants abroad and problematizes in important ways the idea that the sending state is a unitary actor. It highlights the need to examine the extraterritorial behaviour of agents within countries of origin, such as parties, bureaucracies and non-state actors, and to account for why and how their outreach differs. This entails looking at how outreach is conditioned by a state's sovereignty and capacity, type of nationalism, and regime character. This special issue starts a new conversation by delving deeper into the motivations of agents within countries of origin, and how their outreach is determined by the states and regimes in which they are embedded.

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Comparing and theorizing state–diaspora relations

Cited by 183 publications

References 104 publications

Diaspora policies in comparison: An application of the Emigrant Policies Index (EMIX) for the Latin American and Caribbean region

Diaspora policies in comparison: An application of the Emigrant Policies Index (EMIX) for the Latin American and Caribbean region

Migration and Diaspora Policy Institutions in Latin America

How do countries of origin engage migrants and diasporas? Multiple actors and comparative perspectives

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