1st Edition
Routledge International Handbook of Diaspora Diplomacy
The Routledge International Handbook of Diaspora Diplomacy is a multidisciplinary collection of writings by leading scholars and practitioners from around the world. It reflects on the geopolitical and technological shifts that have led to the global emergence of this form of diplomacy and provides detailed examples of how governments, intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and corporations are engaging diasporas as transnational agents of intervention and change.
The organization in six thematic parts provides for focused coverage of key issues, sectors and practices, while also building a comprehensive guide to the growing field. Each section features an introduction authored by the Editor, designed to provide useful contextual information and to highlight linkages between the chapters. Cross-disciplinary research and commentary is a key feature of the Handbook, providing diverse yet overlapping perspectives on diaspora diplomacy.
• Part 1: Mapping Diaspora Diplomacy
• Part 2: Diaspora Policies and Strategies
• Part 3: Diaspora Networks and Economic Development
• Part 4: Long-Distance Politics
• Part 5: Digital Diasporas, Media and Soft Power
• Part 6: Advancing Diaspora Diplomacy Studies
The Routledge International Handbook of Diaspora Diplomacy is a key reference point for study and future scholarship in this nascent field.
Introduction
Liam Kennedy
Part 1: Mapping Diaspora Diplomacy
1. Diasporas and Public Diplomacy: From History to Policy
Nicholas J. Cull
2. Diaspora Diplomacy in Myanmar: The Role of "Multiple Worlds" in World Politics
Elaine Lynn-Ee Ho and Fiona McConnell
Part 2: Diaspora Policies and Strategies
3. Diaspora Engagement Strategies: Theory and Case Study Evidence
David Leblang and Jenny Glazier
4. Innovating Through Engagement: Mexico's Model to Support its Diaspora
Juan Carlos Mendoza Sánchez and Ana Céspedes Cantú
5. Chinese Diaspora’s New Roles in China’s Diplomacy
Sheng Ding
6. India and Indian Diaspora: Rethinking Homeland in the 21st Century
Ajaya K. Sahoo and Anindita Shome
7. A Too Successful Diaspora Diplomacy?: The Case of Israel
Adi Schwartz
8. Croatia’s Diaspora Strategy: History, Transition, Status and Outlook
Caroline Hornstein Tomić, Katharina Hinić and Ivan Hrstić
9. Diaspora Engagement in the US (2010-2016)
Jeffrey L. Jackson
Part 3: Diaspora Networks and Economic Development
10. Diaspora and Transnational Communities’ and Economic Contributions
Deepali Fernandes
11. Diaspora Capital and Transnational Economic Development
Manuel Orozco
12. Diaspora as Actors of Economic Diplomacy
Michaella Vanore
13. Africans in the Diaspora: Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Investment, and Human Capital Development
Almaz Negash
14. Diaspora Philanthropy: Unlocking New Portals for Diplomacy and Development
Kingsley Aikins and Martin Russell
Part 4: Long Distance Politics
15. Diasporas’ Political Rights and the Heterogeneous, Nonlinear Unfolding of External Citizenship in Latin America
Ana Margheritis
16. Long Distance and Diaspora Youth: A Closer Look at Turkey’s Diaspora Engagement Policies Aimed at Post-Migrant Generations
Ayca Arkilic
17. Policymakers and Diasporas in Informal Public Diplomacy
Nadejda K. Marinova
18. From the Good Friday Agreement to Brexit: Irish Diaspora Diplomacy in the United States
Liam Kennedy
19. Diaspora Networks, Fragile States: Conflict and Cooperation
David Carment, Milana Nikolko, Sam MacIsaac and Dani Belo
20. Iraqi Diaspora in the US and US-Iraq Relations
Mahdi Bahmani
21. Seeking Justice from Abroad: Diasporas and Transitional Justice
Dženeta Karabegović and Camilla Orjuela
22. Diasporas, Home Conflicts, and Conflict Transportation in Countries of Settlement
Élise Féron
23. Diaspora Diplomacy Under Authoritarianism: Practices of Transnational Repression in World Politics
Gerasimos Tsourapas
Part 5: Digital Diasporas, Media and Soft Power
24. Diaspora, Digital Diplomacy and Rebuilding the Somali State
Idid Osman
25. Diaspora Diplomacy in the Digital Age
Corneliu Bjola, Ilan Manor and Geraldine Asiwome Adiku
26. Chinese-Language Digital/Social Media in Australia: Diaspora as "Double Agents" of Public Diplomacy
Wanning Sun
27. Using Technology to Channel Diaspora Knowledge Remittances at Scale
Ronit Avni
Part 6: Advancing Diaspora Diplomacy Studies
28. Diasporas, Development and the Second Generation
Mari Toivanen and Baher Baser
29. Theorising Diaspora Diplomacy
Eytan Gilboa
Biography
Liam Kennedy is Professor of American Studies and Director of the Clinton Institute at University College Dublin. His research interests include American cultural and media studies, political communications, and Irish-US relations. His recent book publications include Afterimages: Photography and US Foreign Policy (2016), Neoliberalism and American Literature (2019), and Trump’s America (2020).
"In the face of the rise of nativist and populist movements around the world, the Routledge Handbook on Diaspora Diplomacy fills a critical vacuum in the literature by highlighting the multifaceted, complex, and critical role of diasporas in international diplomacy and politics."
Amelia Arsenault
"The Routledge Handbook of Diaspora Diplomacy represents a path-breaking reconnaissance-in-strength into an emerging and increasingly important dimension of international and transnational relations."
Paul Sharp, Professor of Political Science, University of Minnesota Duluth
