Diaspora politics : at home abroad /
Gabriel Sheffer.
- 1st paperback edition
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
- xiii, 290 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Primary questions and hypotheses Diasporism and diasporas in history The collective portrait of contemporary diasporas Diasporas in numbers The making, development, and unmaking of diasporas Stateless and state-linked diasporas Transstate networks and politics Diasporas, the nation-state and regional integration Loyalty Diasporas at home abroad
An important cultural-political phenomenon, ethno-national diasporas try to feel at home in their host countries, and yet maintain close contact with their homelands and promote their culture and interest. This book discusses the complex questions of the loyalties of these groups to their homelands and host countries.
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Emigration and immigration--History. Emigración e inmigración --Historia Emigration and immigration--Political aspects. Emigración e inmigración --Aspectos políticos