Emigration and Diaspora Policies in the Age of Mobility

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vi

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2. Introduction

   • Agnieszka Weinar

   Pages 1-12

3. Argentina and the Human Right to Migrate

   • Lila García

   Pages 13-30

4. When Belgians Are the Migrants: An Overview of Narratives, Public Policies and Actors Framing the Question of Emigration in Belgium

   • Jérémy Mandin

   Pages 31-49

5. Leaving the Fatherland Behind – Emigration and Diaspora Policies in Denmark

   • Per Mouritsen, Christine Hovmark Jensen

   Pages 51-66

6. The Promise of a Welfare State: The Ecuadorian Government Strategy on Emigration and Diaspora Policies Between 2007–2016

   • Consuelo Sánchez Bautista

   Pages 67-83

7. Mobile French Citizens and La Mère-Patrie: Emigration and Diaspora Policies in France

   • Sylvain Beck, Agnieszka Weinar

   Pages 85-99

8. Between West and East: Diaspora, Emigration and Return in the Polish Emigration and Diaspora Policy

   • Renata Stefańska

   Pages 101-120

9. A Global Nation? The Evolution of Emigration and Diaspora Policies in Portugal (1960–2016)

   • José Santana-Pereira, Ana Paula Horta

   Pages 121-137

10. Cultural or Political Diaspora: Approach of the Russian Federation

    • Olga Tkach

    Pages 139-155

11. Emigration and Development in Senegal

    • Sorana Toma, Lama Kabbanji

    Pages 157-172

12. Overseas Koreans and Dedicated Diaspora and Emigration Policies

    • Ijin Hong

    Pages 173-185

13. Living in the Past, Leaving in the Present. Emigration and Diaspora Policies in Spain

    • Francesco Pasetti

    Pages 187-203

14. Tunisia and Its Diaspora: Between Protection and Control

    • Stéphanie Pouessel

    Pages 205-220

15. Turkey’s Ever-Evolving Attitude-Shift Towards Engagement with Its Diaspora

    • Bahar Baser

    Pages 221-238

16. Vietnam and Its Diaspora: An Evolving Relationship

    • Tien Nguyen

    Pages 239-255

17. Emergining Patterns, Diverse Solutions

    • Agnieszka Weinar

    Pages 257-260

This volume examines the ways different countries around the world have responded to rising numbers of mobile citizens. Complete with detailed case studies, it provides a groundbreaking and global analysis of emigration and diaspora policies in the 21st century.  
First, an introduction considers factors that determines a state’s policy choices. It draws on rich empirical material to present readers with information on the determinants of policy definition and implementation, reactions to emigration, and converging and diverging trends. 
Next, the volume offers detailed case studies from 15 countries around the world, including Argentia, Vietnam, Senegal, the Russian Federation, Denmark, and Turkey. Coverage for each country critically analyzes its emigration or diaspora policies as well as how these policies affect its mobile citizens. The contributors also place the policies in context and explore the consequences of pertinent rules and provisions.In addition, a conclusion presents a comparative analysis of all case studies as well as details a set of best practices.
Emigration and immigration are two sides of the same coin that every country experiences and, in one way or the other, must face. This book offers readers a new look on diaspora and emigration governance across the globe and explores the future paradigm of reactions to emigration.
   

• Emigration and dispora policies
• Emigrants and their descendants
• Policies towards mobility
• State reactions to emigration
• Mobile populations

• European University Institute, Florence, Italy

  Agnieszka Weinar

Policies and ethics