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Diaspora politics is the political behavior of transnational ethnic diasporas, their relationship with their ethnic homelands and their host states, and their prominent role in ethnic conflicts. [1] The study of diaspora politics is part of the broader field of diaspora studies .
Second, a diaspora can exert significant pressure in its homeland's domestic political arena regarding issues of diaspora concern. Lately, a diaspora's transnational community can engage directly with third-party states and international organizations, in effect bypassing its homeland and host state governments.
The term "diaspora" is derived from the Ancient Greek verb διασπείρω (diaspeirō), "I scatter", "I spread about" which in turn is composed of διά (dia), "between, through, across" and the verb σπείρω (speirō), "I sow, I scatter". The term διασπορά (diaspora) hence meant "scattering". [27]
Since African diaspora studies have focused on racial formation, racism, and white supremacy, diaspora theory has the potential to bring to transnationalism "a varied political, if not radical political, perspective to the study of transnational processes and—globalization". [11]
Diaspora politics in the United States; Diaspora politics; R. Right of return; Right to homeland; T. Trading diaspora; W. Wanderlust This page was last edited on 26 ...
The diaspora contains over 80 million people and it is the result of mass migration from Ireland, due to past famines (especially the Great Famine), poverty, and political oppression. The term first came widely into use in Ireland in the 1990s when the then- President of Ireland , Mary Robinson began using it to describe all those of Irish descent.
The Asian diaspora is the diasporic group of Asian people who live outside of the continent. There are several prominent groups within the Asian diaspora. [1] Asian diasporas have been noted for having an increasingly transnational relationship with their ancestral homelands, [2] [3] especially culturally through the use of digital media. [4] [5]
Diaspora studies is an academic field established in the late 20th century to study dispersed ethnic populations, which are often termed diaspora peoples. The usage of the term diaspora carries the connotation of forced resettlement, due to expulsion, coercion, slavery, racism , or war, especially nationalist conflicts.