Diasporas’ Multiple Roles in Peace and Conflict: A Review of Current Debates

There is a pressing need to extend our thinking about diplomacy beyond state-centric perspectives, as in the name of sovereignty and national interests, people on move are confronting virtual, symbolic and/or material walls and frames of policies inhibiting their free movement. My point of departure...

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Published in:Migration letters 2020-01, Vol.17 (1), p.47-57
Main Authors: Toivanen, Mari, Başer, Bahar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activism
Case studies
Conflict
Diaspora
Diplomacy
Environmental security
Globalization
Homelands
Host country
Human rights
Immigration
Interdisciplinary aspects
International relations/trade
Migrants
Migration
Migration Studies
Multiple roles
Natural disasters
Peace
Peace and Conflict Studies
Political activism
Politics
Security
Social justice
Social security
Sociology
Sociology of Politics
Sovereignty
Transformation
Transnationalism
Walls
War
World population
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Summary:There is a pressing need to extend our thinking about diplomacy beyond state-centric perspectives, as in the name of sovereignty and national interests, people on move are confronting virtual, symbolic and/or material walls and frames of policies inhibiting their free movement. My point of departure is to explore migrant activism and global politics through the transformation of diplomacy in a globalised world. Developing an interdisciplinary dialogue between new diplomacy and sociology, I evidence the emergence of global sociopolitical formations created through civic bi-nationality organisations. Focusing on the agent in interaction with structures, I present a theoretical framework and strategy for analysing the practices of migrant diplomacies as an expression of contemporary politics. A case study from North America regarding returned families in Mexico City provides evidence of how these alternative diplomacies are operating.
ISSN:1741-8984
1741-8992
DOI:10.33182/ml.v17i1.753