Diaspora Engagement in Times of Severe Economic Crisis

How does a severe economic crisis impact on diaspora-homeland relations? The present volume addresses this question by exploring diaspora engagement in Greece during the protracted post-2009 eurozone crisis. In so doing, it looks at the crisis as a critical juncture in Greece's relations with its nationals abroad. The contributors in this book explore aspects of diaspora engagement, including transnational mobilisation, homeland reform, the role of diasporic institutions, crisis driven migration, as well as, comparisons with other countries in Europe. This book provides a compelling and original interdisciplinary study of contemporary diaspora issues, through the lens of an advanced economy and democracy facing a prolonged crisis, and, as such, it is a significant addition to the literature on European diasporas.

Autorentext

Othon Anastasakis is Director of South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX); Senior Research Fellow at St Antony's College, University of Oxford; former Director of the European Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford. He is the Principal Investigator of the Greek Diaspora Project at SEESOX.

Manolis Pratsinakis is Departmental Lecturer in Migration Studies and Onassis Fellow at the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford. He is also the Deputy Project Manager of the Greek Diaspora project at SEESOX.

Foteini Kalantzi is A.G. Leventis Researcher of the Greek Diaspora Project at SEESOX, St Antony's College, University of Oxford. She is co-convenor of the British International Studies Association (BISA) Working Group on the "International Politics of Migration, Refugees and Diasporas."

Antonis Kamaras is Research Associate and co-founder of the Greek Diaspora Project at SEESOX. He is Research Associate of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP).

Inhalt

1. Introduction: The Greek crisis as a critical juncture in homeland-diaspora relationsSection I Homeland reform and diaspora involvement2. Crisis and change: The right of Greek citizens to vote abroad3. International portability of social benefits as a bridge to the crisis-driven diaspora4. Diaspora and transnational philanthropy during the crisis and the shifting boundaries of state and civil societySection II New migration and diasporic interactions5. Remittance behaviour of Greek emigrants in the UK during the long recession6. The Greek diaspora in the UK during the crisis: socioeconomic integration, prospects of return and aspects of engagement7. "When in Rome": Do recent Greek migrants adopt new norms on corruption while living abroad?Section III Diaspora Institutions before and after the start of the crisis8. The World Council of Hellenes Abroad (SAE): From great expectations to disillusionment and crisis irrelevance9. The Greek Americans & the Greek Economic Crisis in Historical Perspective10. The Ecumenical Patriarchate: Bridging Greece, the Diaspora and the Orthodox WorldSection IV Diasporic identities and transnational mobilisation during the crisis11. Diaspora Public Diplomacy at a Time of Homeland Crisis: The Philotimo Nation as Global Distinction12. Diasporic homecoming and transnational flows in times of crisis: economic strategies and mobilities of Greeks from the former Soviet Union in Thessaloniki13. Crisis, identity and diasporic mobilisation: perspectives from young people and parents in the Greek diaspora in England14. Greek-Australian ethno-regional diasporic engagement with the homeland during the Greek economic crisis: ethnographic insightsSection V Beyond the Greek case15. The debt crisis and homeland-diaspora engagement in Portugal: institutions, remittances and political participation16. Ireland's Homeland-Diaspora Engagement: Policy responses to the post-2008 economic crisis17. Migration and diaspora at times of crisis: Public perceptions of emigrants in Ukraine18. Conclusion: A new model of diaspora engagement?