Diasporas and Fragile states – beyond remittances assessing the theoretical and policy linkages

Carment, David; Calleja, Rachael

doi:10.1080/1369183x.2017.1354157

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“…Spatial contexts could be territorial states, in line with Weber (1919) classic definition of the state, providing the legitimate use of force within a given territory (Carment and Calleja 2018). They can be also sub-state contexts, such as cities or regions (Horst and Nur 2016;Karabegovic 2018;Koinova 2017b) or multi-sited contexts (Godin 2018;Horst 2018;Karabegovic 2018;Koinova 2017bKoinova , 2018Mavroudi 2018).…”

Section: Focus On Context: Spatial and Temporal Dimensionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the accounts of this special issue, translocal networks, in which diasporas often mobilise extensively, link one territorial location in the homeland to many others abroad (Godin 2018;Karabegovic 2018;Koinova and Karabegovic 2017). Depending on other linkages between diasporas and ethnic brethren in the homeland, events and processes in one part of the world affect diaspora entrepreneurs in another unevenly (Carment and Calleja 2018;Godwin 2018;Koinova 2017bKoinova , 2018, not least due to different positionalities derived from a variety of contexts and their interstitial spaces (Koinova 2017b). Linkages across borders can also require different framings (Godin 2018;Mavroudi 2018) to make feasible claims and lobby for homeland-oriented goals.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Each paper discusses diaspora mobilisation in at least two different contexts. While some comparisons are analysed in terms of multi-sitedness (Horst 2018;Karabegovic 2018;Mavroudi 2018;Koinova 2018), others use the comparative method or illustrative cases studies (Carment and Calleja 2018;Godin 2018;Godwin 2018), to arrive at middle-ranged generalisations. This volume is rich because of its empirical evidence from various parts of the globe.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Diaspora mobilisation for conflict and post-conflict reconstruction: contextual and comparative dimensions

Koinova¹

2017

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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This special issue seeks to move the scholarly conversation beyond notions of conflict-generated diasporas as simply agents of conflict or peace. The field is ripe to unpack the notion of context for diaspora mobilisation in International Relations, the focus and novelty of this special issue. Theorising in this volume goes beyond current prevalent thinking that contexts are host-states in which diasporas live, and original home-states to which they are transnationally connected. The emphasis here is that diasporas have linkages to different contexts, and that their embeddedness in these contexts -simultaneously or sequentially in time -either shapes their mobilizations or is shaped by them. The volume theorises about spatialities and temporalities of diaspora engagement: it emphasises spatial notions such as multi-sited embeddedness, positionality, and translocalism on the one side, and temporal notions such as critical junctures, transformative events, simultaneity, crises, and durability of conflicts on the other. This collection further adds new thematic areas to current scholarly inquiry, opening the discussion beyond interest in diaspora remittances, economic development, and extraterritorial voting. The authors take little-explored paths to examine diasporas as agents in transitional justice processes, contested sovereignty, and fragile and de facto states, as well as in civic and ethnic-based activism.

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Section: Focus On Context: Spatial and Temporal Dimensionsmentioning

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Diaspora mobilisation for conflict and post-conflict reconstruction: contextual and comparative dimensions

Koinova¹

2017

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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“…Not surprisingly, research on transnationalism involving these settings focuses on whether diasporas contribute to exacerbating or ending violence. It also centres around how these groups contribute to post-conflict state-building, regime installation and legitimacy, transitional justice, and development (Carment and Calleja 2018;Kleist 2008;Koser 2007;Turner 2016).…”

Section: Transnationalism Civil-conflict Post-conflict Reconstructionmentioning

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Migrant transnationalism in violent democracies

Pérez‐Armendáriz

2019

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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We can strengthen our understanding of the relationship between transnational migration and origin-country politics by starting with the premise that violence is a key feature of democratic politics in many migrant-sending countries. Violent democracies are peacetime countries in which the legitimate means to accessing power are no longer violently contested; yet at the substate level, manifold political actors regularly use violence to compete for power and make demands within established democratic institutional frameworks. Drawing primarily on the case of Mexico, this issue explores the interactions between migrant transnationalism, particularly migrants' collective and family remittances, and this violent pluralism. The articles show that social and political remittances influence the emergence of armed vigilante groups and that violence modifies the known effects of remittances on the political behaviour of individuals living in migrant-sending households. The violent democracy perspective raises questions overlooked by research on migration and democratisation, diaspora engagement with origin countries plagued by armed civil conflict, and transnational crime. Therefore, research on this topic merits a dedicated theoretical and empirical approach. Building on the Issue's empirical findings, I advance a broad agenda for future research both within Mexico and in violent migrant-sending democracies around the world.

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“…Researchers within the ERC Project 'Diasporas and Contested Sovereignty' have shown that diasporas mobilise differently if the states to which they are linked are weak or merely de facto. 1 Carment and Calleja (2017) have also shown that state capacity and legitimacy are interlinked when diasporas become engaged with weak states. These emerging discussions still focus on diasporas as non-state actors, not on sending states and how they reach out abroad.…”

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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

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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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Diasporas and Fragile states – beyond remittances assessing the theoretical and policy linkages

Cited by 18 publications

References 22 publications

Diaspora mobilisation for conflict and post-conflict reconstruction: contextual and comparative dimensions

Diaspora mobilisation for conflict and post-conflict reconstruction: contextual and comparative dimensions

Migrant transnationalism in violent democracies

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

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