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Internal transmigrants: A Dagomba diaspora

American Ethnologist, 2011
ABSTRACTIn this article, I focus on a tiny elite community of Dagomba from Ghana's Northern Region. These men (and a handful of women) were among the first to attend secondary school once it was established in the North. Highly visible professionals, these Dagomba are internal migrants, whose new world in Accra is socially and spatially vastly ...
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Alai and the Linguistic Politics of Internal Diaspora

2010
Alai is one of the most prominent authors writing fiction set in historic Tibet. By presenting the loaf as a sort of modern-day oracle bone, the story treats the huai hua blossoms as a symbol of both the old mans nostalgic attachment to the past and the younger mans orientation toward the future.
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Diasporas and International Relations Theory

International Organization, 2003
In this article, we incorporate the study of diasporas into international relations (IR) theory by focusing on diasporas as independent actors who actively influence their homeland (kin-state) foreign policies. We argue that diasporic influences can best be understood by situating them in the ‘theoretical space’ shared by constructivism and liberalism;
Yossi Shain, Aharon Barth
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The Internal and International Diasporas of India

Sociological Bulletin
While the notions of ‘internal’ and ‘international’ migration are widely used, the concept of diaspora has traditionally been used only in the ‘international’ context. This article provides a conceptual framework to understand both internal and international diasporas and the interlinkages between the two.
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International Migrations, Diasporas, and Remittances

2018
International migrations, diasporas, and remittances represent significant but poorly understood sources of reordering in contemporary International Political Economy (IPE). International migration patterns, diaspora social formations, and remittance transfers are diverse in their sources, channels, social composition, and social effects, which in ...
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International Factors: Geopolitical Issues, International Community, and Diaspora

2018
The second variable or, better, set of variables that this study analyzes to explain the outcomes of autonomization versus securitization are international factors. This chapter first introduces the theoretical background to these variables, applying them to the two case studies and arguing that international factors are important for domestic policies.
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The Diffusion of Power and the International ‘Discovery’ of ‘Diasporas’

2012
At the core of the ‘diffusion of power’ debate lies the heightened influence of non-state or civil society actors3 in global governing and its implications for state power. Existing literature on the diffusion of power has focused on various actors, such as multinational firms, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) or criminal actors (Cutler et al ...
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