The Political Importance of Diasporas COMPAS Communications

WP-05-13

Introduction

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.

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Topics

DiasporaPoliticsTransnationalism

Regions

AfricaAsiaThe Americas