Essays about: "diaspora engagement"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 22 essays containing the words diaspora engagement.

  1. 16. Diaspora Roles and Integration in a Host Country : A Study of the Swedish-Assyrian Community in Stockholm

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : Silvia Ulloa; [2016]
    Keywords : diaspora; diaspora politics; Assyrians; migration; Södertälje; Assyrier;

    Abstract : Assyrians are members of a stateless nation with roots in the Middle East, although due to conflict, persecution and instability a majority of Assyrians now live in diaspora in many different countries. The Assyrian community in Sweden now numbers approximately 100.000 individuals, of which approximately 18.000 to 25. READ MORE

  3. 17. Transnational Truth? Telling The Truth From Abroad : Diasporas Engagement in Truth and Reconciliation Commissions

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Joanna Castro Echeverri; [2016]
    Keywords : Diasporas; War Trauma; Displacement; Migration; Transitional Justice; Truth Commissions; Victims; Refugees;

    Abstract : Diasporas have been regarded as either peace-makers or peace-wreckers in relation to their homeland conflicts. During the last decade there has been growing attention to the economic remittances migrants send home an the positive impact it can make in the post-conflict reconstruction phase. READ MORE

  4. 18. The image of Diaspora in development - A study on three Scandinavian development NGOs collaboration with the Somali Diaspora

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Felicia Oscarsson; [2015]
    Keywords : Diaspora; Development; Migration; Somalia; Non-governmental Organisation; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Diasporas potential to spur development have in the recent decade been discovered in the development industry along with the proliferation of the migration and development nexus. An increasing amount of Diaspora programmes within migrant’s host countries’ development non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have been initiated. READ MORE

  5. 19. Development at Home: A case study of development cooperation between the Swedish government and the Somali diaspora in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : David Paulsson; [2014]
    Keywords : diaspora; development; dynamics of interests; Somalia; Sweden; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This paper departs from an interest which has grown exponentially since the beginning of the 2000s’ for cooperation between donor governments and diasporas in development initiatives directed at the diasporas’ country of origin. It notices a discrepancy between identified potential and observed practical results. READ MORE

  6. 20. Unlikely Advocates of the Liberal Creed: Strategies of Framing in the Acehnese Diaspora in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Karl Klinker; [2014]
    Keywords : Diasporas; Acehnese Diaspora; Liberal Creed; Separatism; Framing; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Since the end of the Cold War, several stateless diasporas residing in Western countries have been involved in separatist conflicts in their homelands. The aim of this thesis is to explore whether these diasporas tend to utilize a universalistic creed of liberalism for particularistic purposes. READ MORE