The Growing Importance of Diaspora Politics

Taxonomy Associations

Migration processes

• Migration drivers

  • International relations and geopolitical transformations
  • Migrant communities and networks
  • Cultural norms and ties
  • Globalisation and (post)colonialism
  • Transnational ties

• Migration forms

  • Transnational migration

Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)

• Socio-cultural consequences

  • Diasporas and transnational communities
  • Descendants of migrants
  • Interethnic contact and conflict
  • Intergroup relations and contact

• Socio-economic consequences

  • Brain drain and brain gain
  • Remittances

• Transversal consequences

  • Migrant incorporation / integration
  • Spatial consequences

Migration governance

• Governance actors

  • Civil society

• Immigrant policy and law

  • Citizenship, naturalisation and statelessness

• Migration policy and law

  • Diaspora engagement policies

Cross-cutting topics in migration research

• Migration research and theory

  • Development of migration studies

Disciplines

• Disciplines

  • Interdisciplinary
  • International Relations
  • Political Science
  • Sociology

• Subject Areas

  • Ethnic Studies
  • Peace and Conflict studies

Methods

• Either/Mixed

  • Historical

• Types of study

  • Comparative
  • Multi-sited
  • Theoretical / Conceptual

Geographies

• Scope

  • Global
  • International
  • National