Handbook on diasporas and migration / edited by Ayhan Kaya (professor of political science, Department of International Relations, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey), Nilay Kılınç (postdoctoral researcher, Helsinki Institute of Urban and Regional Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kaya, Ayhan, editor.

Kılınç, Nilay, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Emigration and immigration.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (470 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026.

Summary:

"This insightful Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the evolving study of migration and diasporas across the new millennium. Bringing together leading scholars, it advances de-migranticization perspectives that situate experiences of individuals and communities within broader political, economic and spatial structures, rather than treating them as phenomena reducible to migration alone. Contributors demonstrate that diasporic, migrant and refugee lives are shaped by various factors, including ethnicity, culture, political pressures, global crises, digital transformations, transnationalism and their environment. Case studies spanning Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America explore topics such as how identities, citizenship and belonging are negotiated and how technology reconfigures social connections and political ties. This Handbook reframes key debates in the field, advancing research by highlighting a breadth of perspectives, from post-imperial transnational communities to urban, queer and gendered diasporas. The Handbook on Diasporas and Migration is a valuable resource for scholars and students of development studies, urban studies and geography, politics and public policy as well as sociology. It will also benefit policymakers, government agencies, local authorities, NGOs and international institutions responsible for migration governance looking to develop culturally sensitive, context-specific interventions to support social cohesion and facilitate political and social inclusion"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Introduction: revisiting diaspora and migration in a new millennium Ayhan Kaya and Nilay Kılınç

Part I: Theorising And Conceptualising Diaspora And Migration

Introduction to Part I

1. When diaspora is not migration / Kim D. Butler

2. 'Diaspora' or 'society abroad'? / Anne White

3. Theorising diaspora and ageing / Aija Lulle

4. Irregular migration: ontology, ambiguity and moral economy / Remus Gabriel Anghel and Sebastian Ţoc

5. Diaspora as an analytical concept in refugee studies / Östen Wahlbeck

6. Diaspora as a geographic concept and what geographers have contributed to diaspora studies / Russell King

Part II: Mobilisation And Politicisation Of Diasporas In Times Of Multi-Crises

Introduction to Part II

7. Diasporic memory and the second generation: implications for diaspora mobilisation and identity formation / Bahar Baser

8. Uyghur diaspora: a case study of political mobilization and transnational activism / Dragan Trailović

9. Temporal strategies in migrant diaspora mobilization: Sweden-Finns' pathway to national minority status / Nina Carlsson and Tuire Liimatainen

10. Queering solidarity in diaspora: British Asian and Indian South African activists in multiracial, anti-racist, and decolonial movements from 2010 to 2025 / Maya Bhardwaj

11. Unpacking diaspora mobilisation through everyday politics in the Greek and Palestinian diasporas / Elizabeth Mavroudi

12. Diasporisation of Syrian refugees in Turkey / Ayhan Kaya

Part III: Diasporas, Identities And Citizenship

Introduction to Part III

13. National identity and transnational diasporas / Anna Triandafyllidou

14. Constructing and categorising the 'emigrant' / Damla Bayraktar Aksel and Gülece Şenel

15. Diaspora nationalism: the international Romani movement(s) revisited / László Fosztó

16. Transnationalism and Islam - the case of Sweden / Karin Borevi and Simon Sorgenfrei

17. Circassian diasporas in Europe, their rediasporisations, and formation of double / multiple diaspora consciousness / Ergün Özgür

18. Neo-diasporas in the making? Highly skilled transnational communities and contestation of diasporic identities Nilay Kılınç and Ayhan Kaya

19. Citizenship in the age of globalization, glocalization, transnational migration, and multiculturalism / Georges Eugene Fouron

Part IV: Diasporas, Transnationalism And Homeland Orientations

Introduction to Part IV

20. Return migration and diasporic mythographies of homeland Nilay Kılınç and Russell King

21. The political impact of financial and social remittances in countries of origin / Eva Østergaard-Nielsen

22. Making Ghana work: impossible belonging and the everyday negotiations of post-return life / Amanda Haarman

23. Exile, diaspora politics and cultural transformations / Luis Roniger

24. Habitual use of objects in multi-sited lives: intersecting migration studies and material culture studies / Maja Povrzanović Frykman

Part V: Migrants And Diasporas In Spatial Times

Introduction to Part V

25. Urban diasporas and the right to the city / Robin Finlay

26. (In)visibility in the city: belonging, urban space, and civic engagement of Russian speakers in Helsinki / Anna Zhelnina

27. At the roadside: migrants' (in)visible mobilities at the Turkish-Greek land border / Chiara Maritato

28. Resisting migrantization, redefining diaspora: Rum Polites in the global diaspora of the city / İlay Romain Örs

29. The stranger, the city and the nation: contested identities / Lasse Koefoed and Kirsten Simonsen

Part VI: Diasporas, Migration And Mobilities In The Digital Age

Introduction to Part VI

30. Digitalization of diasporas: Ukrainian diaspora in Türkiye / E. Murat Özgür and Ayla Deniz

31. The influence of Ukrainian and Russian diaspora communities in disinformation efforts / Clara Maathuis, Christiaan de Ridder and Sylvia Stuurman

32. Gendered digital diasporas: cases of online communities of Chinese migrant women since the 1990s / Yalan Huang and Kexin Zhou

33. Conceptual notes on remote work mobilities - digital nomadism in focus / Mari Toivanen

Part VII: Migrant And Diasporic Art

Introduction to Part VII

34. Between diaspora and the nation: the Romani ethnopolitical discourse in cultural production / Ana Belén Martín Sevillano

35. Migrant, diasporic and refugee cinema in contemporary Europe / Daniela Berghahn

36. The Turkish diaspora in cinema / Deniz Güneş Yardımcı

37. Art in exile: participatory practices, community, and healing among displaced Ukrainians in Berlin / Alina Mozolevska.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035353712 (e-book)

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Restricted for use by site license.