CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Kavish, Donovan Michael |
|---|---|
| Title | Extending Sovereign Reach into Diaspora: Croatia and Eritrea in Comparative Perspective |
| Summary | Recently, the flows of people across borders have increased in volume and in the individual's ability to cultivate and maintain connections in multiple localities simultaneously. Diaspora is a term that has been used to describe a particular subset of people residing outside of their country of origin, but who still remain oriented in some way towards the origin state. This thesis examines one part of the origin state-diaspora-country of residence nexus, namely the relations between diaspora and the country of origin. I am interested in why some states successfully form and dominate linkages with their populations abroad while others either fail in the attempt or do not attempt to form such linkages at all. Through a comparative case study of Croatia and Eritrea, I test the interaction of four factors - historical legacy, dominant national project, regime type, and the position of the origin state in the international system. The analysis of these two cases revealed a necessary additional factor, the level of integration into the society of residence. Based on these findings, I argue that while each of the factors tested can be said to play a role in shaping diaspora engagement, historical legacy, degree of integration to country of residence, and the regime type of the origin state taken together present the clearest prediction for when a state will be able to successfully engage a diaspora. |
| Supervisor | Pogonyi, Szabolcs |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/kavish_donovan.pdf |
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