Courting migrants : how states make diasporas and diasporas make states /
"This book examines state-migrant relations in four countries with a long history of migration, regime change, and democratic fragility: Turkey, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and the Philippines. It uses these cases to develop an integrative theory of the interaction between "diaspora-ma...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2020]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "This book examines state-migrant relations in four countries with a long history of migration, regime change, and democratic fragility: Turkey, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and the Philippines. It uses these cases to develop an integrative theory of the interaction between "diaspora-making" by states and "state-making" by diasporas. Specifically, it tackles three questions: (1) under what conditions and in what ways do states alter the boundaries of political membership to reach out to migrants and thereby "make" diasporas? (2) how do these migrants respond? and (3) to what extent does their response, in turn, transform the state? Through historical case narratives and qualitative comparison, the book traces the feedback loops among migrant profiles, state strategies of diaspora-making, party transnationalization, and channels of migrant engagement in politics back home. The analysis reveals that most migrants follow the pathways established by the state and thereby act as "loyal" diasporas but with important deviations that push states to alter rules and institutions"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 239 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0197501818 9780197501801 019750180X 9780197501825 0197501826 9780197501818 |