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Author: Cathy Wilcock
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Languages : en
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Author: Svenja Gertheiss
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131736886X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 207

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With their homelands at war, can Diasporas lead the way to peace, or do they present an obstacle to conflict resolution, nurturing hate far away from those who actually fall victim to violence? And which of these roles do the Jewish and Palestinian diaspora communities play in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Particularly since the Oslo peace process, the search for a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been strongly contested among Jewish and Arab/Palestinian Organizations in the United States. Through an analysis of the activities of Arab-Palestinian and Jewish organizations on behalf of and towards their conflict-ridden homelands, Diasporic Activism in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict provides both a detailed picture of diasporic activism in the Middle East as well as advancing theory-building on the roles of diasporas in helping or hindering peace. Drawing on research into (transnational) social movements, diaspora studies and constructivist International Relations theory, this book retraces how this process of diversification occurred, and explains why neither the Jewish nor the Arab Diaspora community hold a unified position in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but are each comprised of both hawks and doves. Combining theoretical depth and practical orientation, this book is a key resource for those working in the fields of Middle Eastern studies, Peace and Conflict Studies and Diapora Studies, as well as specialists on the ground in Israel/Palestine and other conflict settings in which Diaspora communities play a prominent role.

Author: Sam George
Publisher: William Carey Publishing
ISBN: 0878080872
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 281

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God is at work among refugees everywhere. Will you join? Refugee Diaspora is a contemporary account of the global refugee situation and how the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ is shining brightly in the darkest corners of the greatest crisis on our planet. These hope-filled pages of refugees encountering Jesus Christ presents models of Christian ministry from the front lines of the refugee crisis and the real challenges of ministering to today’s refugees. It includes biblical, theological, and practical reflections on mission in diverse diaspora contexts from leading scholars as well as practitioners in all major regions of the world.

Author: Leif Manger
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1845459784
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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The Hadramis of South Yemen and the emergence of their diasporic communities throughout the Indian Ocean region are an intriguing facet of the history of this region’s migratory patterns. In the early centuries of migration, the Yemeni, or Hadrami, traveler was both a trader and a religious missionary, making the migrant community both a “trade diaspora” and a “religious diaspora.” This tradition has continued as Hadramis around the world have been linked to networks of extremist, Islamic-inspired movements—Osama bin Laden, leader of Al Qaeda and descendant of a prominent Hadrami family, as the most infamous example. However, communities of Hadramis living outside Yemen are not homogenous. The author expertly elucidates the complexity of the diasporic process, showing how it contrasts with the conventional understanding of the Hadrami diaspora as an unchanging society with predefined cultural characteristics originating in the homeland. Exploring ethnic, social, and religious aspects, the author offers a deepened understanding of links between Yemen and Indian Ocean regions (including India, Southeast Asia, and the Horn of Africa) and the emerging international community of Muslims.

Author: Anne
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 3838263863
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 153

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In the early 2000s, Liberian women wearing wrap skirts and white T-shirts, shouting: ‘We want peace, no more war’, attracted international attention. After almost fifteen years of civil war, the enduring active, multifaceted, and non-violent campaigning for peace by women’s organisations contributed to the end of the fighting and the signing of a peace agreement between the warring factions. Although it is widely assumed that women’s inclusion in peace processes yields greater attention to women’s issues and needs in the aftermath of a conflict, this is only partly the case in Liberia. Thus, this analysis looks beyond the extraordinary commitment by women in Liberia and deals with the questions to what extent their role in the peace process has contributed to gender-sensitive outcomes in post-conflict Liberian society and why greater gender sensitivity was not achieved. By focusing on manifestations of patterns of masculinity in the public and private spheres, Anne Theobald identifies factors at different levels of analysis within different time frames that elucidate the unexpected outcome. Not only does this provide for a more encompassing understanding of dynamics of gender relations and context-specific variables impeding gender sensitivity in post-conflict settings, but it also helps to refine prevailing theoretical approaches on gender in peacemaking and peacebuilding and to develop more holistic, context-specific, and efficient policy approaches, which can effectively lead to gender-sensitive peace.

Author: Liisa Laakso
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN: 1783601000
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 298

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Exiled populations, who increasingly refer to themselves as diaspora communities, hold a strong stake in the fate of their countries of origin. In a world becoming ever more interconnected, they engage in 'long-distance politics' towards, send financial remittances to and support social development in their homelands. Transnational diaspora networks have thus become global forces shaping the relationship between countries, regions and continents. This important intervention, written by scholars working at the cutting edge of diaspora and conflict, challenges the conventional wisdom that diaspora are all too often warmongers, their time abroad causing them to become more militant in their engagement with local affairs. Rather, they can and should be a force for good in bringing peace to their home countries. Featuring in-depth case studies from the Horn of Africa, including Somalia and Ethiopia, this volume presents an essential rethinking of a key issue in African politics and development.

Author: Liisa Laakso
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1783600993
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 250

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Exiled populations, who increasingly refer to themselves as diaspora communities, hold a strong stake in the fate of their countries of origin. In a world becoming ever more interconnected, they engage in 'long-distance politics' towards, send financial remittances to and support social development in their homelands. Transnational diaspora networks have thus become global forces shaping the relationship between countries, regions and continents. This important intervention, written by scholars working at the cutting edge of diaspora and conflict, challenges the conventional wisdom that diaspora are all too often warmongers, their time abroad causing them to become more militant in their engagement with local affairs. Rather, they can and should be a force for good in bringing peace to their home countries. Featuring in-depth case studies from the Horn of Africa, including Somalia and Ethiopia, this volume presents an essential rethinking of a key issue in African politics and development.

Author: Robin Cohen
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351805495
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 510

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The word ‘diaspora’ has leapt from its previously confined use – mainly concerned with the dispersion of Jews, Greeks, Armenians and Africans away from their natal homelands – to cover the cases of many other ethnic groups, nationalities and religions. But this ‘horizontal’ scattering of the word to cover the mobility of many groups to many destinations, has been paralleled also by ‘vertical’ leaps, with the word diaspora being deployed to cover more and more phenomena and serve more and more objectives of different actors. With sections on ‘debating the concept’, ‘complexity’, ‘home and home-making’, ‘connections’ and ‘critiques’, the Routledge Handbook of Diaspora Studies is likely to remain an authoritative reference for some time. Each contribution includes a targeted list of references for further reading. The editors have carefully blended established scholars of diaspora with younger scholars looking at how diasporas are constructed ‘from below’. The adoption of a variety of conceptual perspectives allows for generalization, contrasts and comparisons between cases. In this exciting and authoritative collection over 40 scholars from many countries have explored the evolving use of the concept of diaspora, its possibilities as well as its limitations. This Handbook will be indispensable for students undertaking essays, debates and dissertations in the field.

Author: Osman Antwi-Boateng
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781124240480
Category : African diaspora
Languages : en
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Non-state actors such as the diaspora continue to challenge the traditional notion of international relations which is heavily state-centered. Diaspora groups across the world have the capacity to impact the affairs of the state in the host-land or in the homeland. Not only do diaspora groups contribute to the development of the homeland via remittances and investments, they are increasingly shaping affairs of the homeland in matters of war and peace. The U.S-based Liberian diaspora represents an archetypal case whereby, the diaspora actively supported war by offering moral and financial/material support towards Liberia's fourteen year Civil War. In spite of initially supporting war, the U.S-based Liberian diaspora has been a major player in the post-conflict peace-building process. Factors that contributed to this turn around include: homeland domestic need for peace after years of war. Also, a fairly liberal environment created after the 2005 elections has reduced the risk of diaspora participation in homeland affairs; changing host land politics and foreign policy in a post-9/11 world where tough U.S financial disclosure requirements have been introduced, has made diaspora groups more cautious; and the strengthening of international regimes to hold perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity which has culminated in the indictment of Charles Taylor, serves as a potent deterrent to would-be provocateurs, that the era of impunity is over. This research addresses how the U.S-based Liberian diaspora contributes towards peace-building in Liberia in four areas: Norm entrepreneurship; soft power agents; international collaborators for peace and political participation for peace. However, the ability of the U.S-based Liberian diaspora to effectively contribute towards peace building depends on a number of factors. First, the ability of the U.S-based Liberian diaspora to effectively transfer peace-building norms will depend on its ability to recognize and address homeland cultural norms and values that may be in conflict with some of the norms being promoted. Second, the ability of the U.S-based Liberian diaspora members to effectively serve as soft power actors will depend on whether its members are deemed by fellow Liberians as having the moral authority or not. Those viewed negatively as hardliners in the course of the war would be less effective at exerting soft power influence compared to those viewed as moderates. Third, U.S-based Liberian diaspora members seeking international alliances for justice against war time excesses at the international level are more likely to be successful than a reliance on the Liberian justice system. This is because the Liberian government lacks the political will to seek justice against powerful former War Lords that are culpable. In addition, the Liberian justice system is widely perceived as corrupt and under-resourced. Diaspora members with U.S citizenship are more likely to face justice in U.S for any war crime related charges than in Liberia where the institutional capacity to hold perpetrators accountable are weak. Finally, several obstacles would have to be addressed before the U.S-based Liberian diaspora can effectively participate in domestic Liberian politics and contribute towards peace-building. First, there has to be a permanent resolution of the Diaspora legal immigration status in the U.S. Second, there is the need for the passage of a dual citizenship law in Liberian that allows diaspora members with dual citizenship to hold key public office positions. Third, the most successful diaspora politicians will be those that are capable of building a more inclusive political structure that embraces all spheres of Liberian society. Without a broader political tent, well meaning peace-building initiatives are bound to fail.

Author: Ruxandra Trandafoiu
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 0857459449
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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After the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, millions of Romanians emigrated in search of work and new experiences; they became engaged in an interrogation of what it meant to be Romanian in a united Europe and the globalized world. Their thoughts, feelings and hopes soon began to populate the virtual world of digital and mobile technologies. This book chronicles the online cultural and political expressions of the Romanian diaspora using websites based in Europe and North America. Through online exchanges, Romanians perform new types of citizenship, articulated from the margins of the political field. The politicization of their diasporic condition is manifested through written and public protests against discriminatory work legislation, mobilization, lobbying, cultural promotion and setting up associations and political parties that are proof of the gradual institutionalization of informal communications. Online discourse analysis, supplemented by interviews with migrants, poets and politicians involved in the process of defining new diasporic identities, provide the basis of this book, which defines the new cultural and political practices of the Romanian diaspora.