The Political Importance of Diasporas

By Steven Vertovec

Abstract:
Belonging to a diaspora entails a consciousness of, or emotional attachment to, a place of origin and its culture. The paper examines the role diasporas play in migrant-sending and migrant-receiving countries.

This paper was written for the Migration Policy Insitute (MPI) Migration Information Source, 'Migration Fundamentals'- Link

Keywords:
diaspora, transnationalism, tsunami, dual citizenship, dual nationality

 

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