1st Edition

Migration and Security in the Global Age Diaspora Communities and Conflict

By Feargal Cochrane Copyright 2015
206 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

This book is an interdisciplinary examination of several interconnecting aspects of migrant communities in the context of contemporary conflict and security. The book illustrates that within this globalised world, migrants have become key actors, living in the spaces between states, as well as within them. Arguing that migrants and their descendants are vital and complex constituencies for... Read more

Introduction 1. Migration and Globalisation 2. Flight and Fight: Examining the Long Distance Nationalists 3. Tales of Positive Engagement: The Long Distance Peace-Builders  4. Migration and the War on Terror 5. Fusion Cuisine: Diasporas, Food and Conflict 6. Troubled Tours: Diaspora Tourism, Homeland and Remembrance 7. Policy Matters: Migration and Security in the 21st Century

Biography

Feargal Cochrane is Professor of International Conflict Analysis and the Director of the Conflict Analysis Research Centre (CARC), in the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent. He is author or editor of eight books including Northern Ireland: The Reluctant Peace (2013).