Sustained vs episodic mobilization among conflict-generated diasporas

Koinova, Maria

doi:10.1177/0192512115591641

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“…In terms of memorialisation, in Sweden diasporas originating from the 1990s wars in Bosnia-Herzegovina have transformed their conflictgenerated attitudes and moved towards reconciliation (Kostic 2012;Hall 2016). In contrast, those in the Netherlands retained much of their victim-based approaches (Koinova 2016). We have shown that these differences are largely due to the host-land environments, which are either supportive or conflict-prone regarding the diasporas, and provide opportunities and constraints to mobilise to memorialise past atrocities from local to global levels of engagement (Koinova and Karabegovic 2017).…”

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Diaspora mobilisation for conflict and post-conflict reconstruction: contextual and comparative dimensions

Koinova¹

2017

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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This special issue seeks to move the scholarly conversation beyond notions of conflict-generated diasporas as simply agents of conflict or peace. The field is ripe to unpack the notion of context for diaspora mobilisation in International Relations, the focus and novelty of this special issue. Theorising in this volume goes beyond current prevalent thinking that contexts are host-states in which diasporas live, and original home-states to which they are transnationally connected. The emphasis here is that diasporas have linkages to different contexts, and that their embeddedness in these contexts -simultaneously or sequentially in time -either shapes their mobilizations or is shaped by them. The volume theorises about spatialities and temporalities of diaspora engagement: it emphasises spatial notions such as multi-sited embeddedness, positionality, and translocalism on the one side, and temporal notions such as critical junctures, transformative events, simultaneity, crises, and durability of conflicts on the other. This collection further adds new thematic areas to current scholarly inquiry, opening the discussion beyond interest in diaspora remittances, economic development, and extraterritorial voting. The authors take little-explored paths to examine diasporas as agents in transitional justice processes, contested sovereignty, and fragile and de facto states, as well as in civic and ethnic-based activism.

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Diaspora mobilisation for conflict and post-conflict reconstruction: contextual and comparative dimensions

Koinova¹

2017

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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“…These events can happen in various settings like the country of origin, the country of settlement, but also at the global level, as the impact of 9/11, of the war in Syria, or of the situation in Palestine, show. It calls for analyzing specific temporalities, notably critical junctures and crises, as initiated by Koinova (2016). For instance, which sections of diaspora communities are more likely to mobilize in phases of conflict escalation or de-escalation, and why are there sometimes discrepancies between conflict sequences, and the timing of mobilizations?…”

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Diasporas and conflicts – understanding the nexus

Féron

Lefort

2019

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A lot of literature has been published during the past two decades highlighting the role played by some diasporas in the conflicts raging in their home countries, and on the links between diasporas and 'international terrorism'. Diasporas, especially those originating from conflict areas, are often depicted in policy circles as potential security threats, raising indiscriminate suspicion towards diasporas in general. Contemporary literature similarly treats the links between diasporas and conflicts in a rather simplistic way. Little time is for instance dedicated to understanding how diasporas might emerge and coalesce around conflicts long after the migration has occurred. The article, based on a critical examination of how diasporas originating from conflict areas have been described and defined in the academic literature, proposes an alternative understanding of the nexus between diasporas and conflicts. It notably highlights the limitations and pitfalls of an approach based on single-issue labels, which entails the essentialization of concerned groups, and which perpetuates methodological nationalism. The article instead proposes to understand the mechanisms by which diasporas become involved in conflicts by looking at a series of configurations, which can happen at specific temporalities (critical junctures, crises, etc.), in specific spaces, by specific actors, and through specific discursive articulations (how identities are assigned, which discourses on diaspora are produced, etc.). At the practical level, this entails the study, for instance, of contentious spaces where diasporas are created, or which diasporas create, but also of contentious events or time junctures at which the articulation between conflicts and diaspora groups is effected.

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“…Comparative research suggests that in the last few decades, diaspora remittances have become an increasingly important source of foreign capital for economic growth and social development (De Haas 2005; Ratha 2011), as a 'new development mantra' (Kapur 2004), direct investment to avoid dependence on other international donors (Terrazas 2010), or to build the capacity to lobby foreign governments (Koinova 2016). In these two communities, diaspora are not seen as homogenous, and diaspora's perceived added value to reconciliation processes beyond economic assistance and investments is limited.…”

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Post-Conflict Cooperation in Multi-Ethnic Local communities of Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Qualitative Comparative analysis of Diaspora's Role

Hasić¹

2018

Journal of Peacebuilding & Development

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How are diaspora involvement in peacebuilding and elite cooperation in multi-ethnic municipalities complementary? This article examines how local elites perceive and respond to conflict-generated diaspora's role in peacebuilding in nine post-conflict multi-ethnic municipalities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and whether these perceptions can determine types of inter-ethnic cooperation within local institutions. Using a systematic comparative case study analysis utilising ideal-type fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (QCA), I derive four types of relationships. The results indicate that local elites, experiencing various levels of direct and indirect interaction with diaspora communities, perceive diaspora's role in the process as constraining their own cooperation prospects. The analysis also demonstrates that local elites perceive diaspora as insufficiently competent and imperfectly coordinated to tackle major challenges in local peacebuilding frameworks and that diaspora actions do not significantly affect the reform of current dynamics and practices of intra-ethnic cooperation among elites.

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Sustained vs episodic mobilization among conflict-generated diasporas

Cited by 27 publications

References 48 publications

Diaspora mobilisation for conflict and post-conflict reconstruction: contextual and comparative dimensions

Diaspora mobilisation for conflict and post-conflict reconstruction: contextual and comparative dimensions

Diasporas and conflicts – understanding the nexus

Post-Conflict Cooperation in Multi-Ethnic Local communities of Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Qualitative Comparative analysis of Diaspora's Role

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