Diaspora as Cultures of Cooperation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxii

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2. Introduction: Coming to Terms with Diaspora Cooperation

   • David Carment, Ariane Sadjed

   Pages 1-26

3. Negotiating Identities: Accommodating Home and Host State Policies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27

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   2. Contested Diaspora: Negotiating Jewish Identity in Germany

      • Karen Koerber

      Pages 29-47

   3. The ‘Sweet Spot’ Between Submission and Subversion: Diaspora, Education and the Cosmopolitan Project

      • Reza Gholami

      Pages 49-68

   4. The Influence of Islamophobia on Ethnic and Religious Identification among the Iranian Diaspora: Iranian Jews and Baha’is in Germany

      • Ariane Sadjed

      Pages 69-87

4. The (Im-)Possibilities of Cooperation in Constructing Home and Belonging

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89

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   2. The Homing of the Diaspora: Ancestral Households and the Politics of Domestic Centering in Rural Gambia, West Africa

      • Paolo Gaibazzi

      Pages 91-109

   3. Conflict and Cooperation in Armenian Diaspora Mobilisation for Genocide Recognition

      • Maria Koinova

      Pages 111-129

   4. Political Narratives of Victimisation in the Ukrainian-Canadian Diaspora

      • Milana Nikolko

      Pages 131-147

5. Diaspora Activism and Cooperation in Comparative Perspective

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149

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   2. Forced Displacement and Diaspora Cooperation among Cypriot Maronites and Bosnian Serbs

      • Neophytos Loizides, Djordje Stefanovic, Danae Elston-Alphas

      Pages 151-169

   3. The Influence of Diaspora Politics on Conflict and Peace: Transnational Activism of Stateless Kurds

      • Latif Tas

      Pages 171-198

   4. The Transnational Political Effects of Diasporic Citizenship in Countries of Destination: Overseas Citizenship of India and Political Participation in the United States

      • Daniel Naujoks

      Pages 199-221

   5. Diasporas and Fragile States Beyond Remittances: Assessing the Theoretical Linkages

      • David Carment, Rachael Calleja

      Pages 223-260

   6. Conclusion: Diasporas as Cultures of Cooperation

      • David Carment, Ariane Sadjed

      Pages 261-272

6. Back Matter

   Pages 273-290

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This book examines the dynamic processes by which communities establish distinct notions of 'home' and 'belonging'. Focusing on the agency of diasporic groups, rather than (forced or voluntary) dispersion and a continued longing for the country of origin, it analyses how a diaspora presence impacts relations between 'home' and host countries. Its central concern is the specific role that diasporas play in global cooperation, including cases without a successful outcome. Bridging the divide between diaspora studies and international relations, it will appeal to sociologists, scholars of migration, anthropologists and policy-makers.

• Identity
• Globalization
• 'Home'
• 'Belonging'
• Networks
• Global inequalities
• Modern information and production technologies
• Foreign policy

• Norman Paterson School, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

  David Carment

• European Ethnology, University of Vienna, Wien, Austria

  Ariane Sadjed

David Carment is Professor of International Affairs at Carleton University, Canada, and Fellow of the Canadian Global Affairs institute.


Ariane Sadjed is Lecturer in the Department of European Ethnology at the University of Vienna, Austria.

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