Opportunity structures in diaspora relations : comparisons in contemporary multilevel politics of diaspora and transnational identity / edited by Gloria Totoricagüena.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Totoricaguena, Gloria P. (Gloria Pilar), 1961-

University of Nevada, Reno. Center for Basque Studies.

Series:

Center for Basque Studies conference papers series ; no. 4.

Center for Basque Studies conference papers series ; no. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration--Congresses.

Emigration and immigration.

Transborder ethnic groups--Congresses.

Transborder ethnic groups.

Human geography--Congresses.

Human geography.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

285 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Reno, Nev. : Center for Basque Studies, University of Nevada, [2007]

Summary:

This volume consists of papers from the 2006 International Symposium on Diaspora Politics, "Opportunity Structures in Diaspora Relations: Comparisons in Contemporary Multilevel Politics of Diaspora and Transnational Identity," sponsored by the Center for Basque Studies of the University of Nevada, Reno. World renowned experts present their research on such topics as the main characteristics and organizational structures of contemporary ethno-national diasporas, and how their relationships with their homeland and host-society governments might develop; communal strategies and tactics used by diasporas, and how effective they are at influencing the foreign policy of central governments; opportunity structures for diasporas in the post-modern and trans-state social, economic, and political systems; and ways diaspora activities, and ethno-national identity maintenance in general, influence social and political security issues both domestically and in foreign policy. Papers were presented by Kim Butler, Nergis Canefe, Robin Cohen, William A. Douglass, Michel Laguerre, William Safran, Gabriel Sheffer, Khachig Tololyan, and Gloria Totoricaguena.

Contents:

Multilayered Politics in the African Diaspora: The Metadiaspora Concept and Minidiaspora Realities / Kim D. Butler 19

The Making of "Modern" Diasporas: The Case of Muslims in Canada / Nergis Canefe 53

Creolization and Diaspora: The Cultural Politics of Divergence and (Some) Convergence / Robin Cohen 85

In Search of the Basque American Diaspora / William A. Douglass 113

Diasporic Politics in the European Union: Paris's City Hall and the Jewish Quarter / Michel S. Laguerre 137

Democracy, Pluralism, and Diaspora Identity: An Ambiguous Relationship / William Safran 157

The Diaspora Phenomenon in the Twenty-First Century: Ideational, Organizational, and Behavioral Challenges / Gabriel Sheffer 187

Stateless Power and the Political Agency of Diasporas: An Armenian Case Study / Khachig Tololyan 215

The Political Agency of Ethnic Diasporas: Paradiplomacy and the Construction of Political Communities in the World System / Gloria Totoricaguena 235.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This volume consists of papers from the 2006 International Symposium on Diaspora Politics, "Opportunity structures in diaspora relations: comparisons in contemporary multilevel politics of diaspora and transnational identity""--P. [4] of cover.

ISBN:

9781877802720

1877802727

9781877802737

1877802735

OCLC:

183879737