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Koinova, Maria (2019) Diaspora coalition-building for genocide recognition : Armenians, Assyrians and Kurds. Ethnic and Racial Studies . doi:10.1080/01419870.2019.1572908 ISSN 0141-9870.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2019.1572908
Abstract
This article brings a fresh perspective to the causal mechanism of coalition-building among diasporas pursuing genocide recognition, particularly horizontal alliances between the Armenian, Assyrian, and Kurdish diasporas. Why, how, and how durably do diasporas build coalitions to address past atrocities? Building coalitions for genocide recognition requires three important factors: a common adversary, a host-land, conducive to proliferation of transitional justice claims, and a single contentious issue on which diasporas can focus. Coalitions based on common experiences of victimhood and identity can elicit long-term cooperation and high-level involvement, as among Armenians and Assyrians. Coalitions primarily based on strategic interests to pressure a common adversary, without common experience, show less organizational involvement, as among Armenians and Kurds. The article discusses diaspora mobilizations around the 2015 Armenian genocide centennial and Turkey’s EU accession with a wider sociospatial perspective of political processes related to Armenia, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Genocide, Armenian diaspora, Kurdish diaspora, Assyrian diaspora | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Ethnic and Racial Studies | ||||||
Publisher: | Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd. | ||||||
ISSN: | 0141-9870 | ||||||
Official Date: | 14 February 2019 | ||||||
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DOI: | 10.1080/01419870.2019.1572908 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 28 February 2019 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 14 August 2020 | ||||||
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