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.

Examines how the Greek financial crisis has affected the relationship between the homeland and diaspora. Provides a compelling case to study diaspora engagement by an advanced economy Extends its examination beyond Greece to also examine the cases of Portugal, Ireland, and the Ukraine

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Othon Anastasakis is Director of South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX); Senior Research Fellow at St Antony's College, University of Oxford; 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 Relations.- Part I Homeland Reform and Diaspora Involvement.- 2. Crisis and Change: The Right of Greek Citizens to Vote Abroad.- 3. International Portability of Social Benefits as a Bridge to the Crisis-Driven Diaspora.- 4. Diaspora and Transnational Philanthropy During the Crisis and the Shifting Boundaries of State and Civil Society.- Part II Crisis-driven Emigration and Diasporic Interactions.- 5. Remittance Behaviour of Greek Emigrants in the UK During the Long Recession.- 6. The Greek Diaspora in the UK during the Crisis: Socioeconomic Integration, Prospects of Return and Aspects of Engagement.- 7. When in Rome: Do Recent Greek Migrants Adopt New Norms on Corruption While Living Abroad?.- Part III Diaspora Institutions Before and After the Outbreak of the Crisis.- 8. The World Council of Hellenes Abroad (SAE): From Great Expectations to Disillusionment and Crisis Irrelevance.- 9. The Greek Americans and the Greek Economic Crisis in Historical Perspective.- 10. The Ecumenical Patriarchate: Bridging Greece, the Diaspora and the Orthodox World.- Part IV Diasporic Identities and Transnational Mobilisation During the Crisis.- 11. Diaspora Public Diplomacy at a Time of Homeland Crisis: The Philotimo Nation as Global Distinction.- 12. Diasporic Homecoming and Transnational Flows in Times of Crisis: Economic Strategies and Mobilities of Greeks from the Former Soviet Union in Thessaloniki.- 13. Crisis, Identity and Diasporic Mobilisation: Perspectives from Young People and Parents in the Greek Diaspora in England.- 14. Greek-Australian Ethno-regional Diasporic Engagement with the Homeland During the Greek Economic Crisis: Ethnographic Insights.- Part V Beyond the Greek Case.- 15. TheDebt Crisis and Homeland-Diaspora Engagement in Portugal: Institutions, Remittances and Political Participation.- 16. Ireland's Homeland-Diaspora Engagement: Policy Responses to the Post-2008 Economic Crisis.- 17. Migration and Diaspora at Times of Crisis: Public Perceptions of Emigrants in Ukraine.- 18. Conclusion: A New Model of Diaspora Engagement?.