Koinova, Maria (2013) Four types of diaspora mobilization : Albanian diaspora activism for Kosovo independence in the US and the UK. Foreign Policy Analysis, Volume 9 (number 4). pp. 433-453. doi:10.1111/j.1743-8594.2012.00194.x ISSN 1743-8586.

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Abstract

This comparative study explores the conditions and causal pathways through which conflict-generated diasporas become moderate or radical actors when linked to homelands experiencing limited sovereignty. Situated at the nexus of scholarship on diasporas and conflict, ethnic lobbying in foreign policy, and transnationalism this article develops four types of diaspora political mobilization—radical (strong and weak) and moderate (strong and weak)—and unpacks the causal pathways that lead to these four types in different political contexts. I argue that dynamics in the original homeland drive the overall trend towards radicalism or moderation of diaspora mobilization in a host-land: high levels of violence are associated with radicalism, and low levels with moderation. Nevertheless, how diaspora mobilization takes place is a result of the conjuncture of the level of violence with another variable, the linkages of the main secessionist elites to the diaspora. The article uses observations from eight cases of Albanian diaspora mobilization in the US and the UK from 1989 until the proclamation of Kosovo's independence in 2008.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Kosovo (Republic) -- International status, Kosovo (Republic) -- Foreign relations -- United States, United States -- Foreign relations -- Kosovo (Republic), Kosovo (Republic) -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain, Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Kosovo (Republic), Albanian diaspora, Nationalism -- Kosovo (Republic), Radicalism -- United States, Radicalism -- Great Britain
Journal or Publication Title:	Foreign Policy Analysis
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
ISSN:	1743-8586
Official Date:	October 2013
Dates:	Date Event October 2013 Published
Volume:	Volume 9
Number:	number 4
Page Range:	pp. 433-453
DOI:	10.1111/j.1743-8594.2012.00194.x
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit:	23 December 2015
Date of first compliant Open Access:	23 December 2015
Funder:	Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (WWICS), Social Science Research Council (Great Britain), Dartmouth College. Dickey Center for International Understanding, Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC)

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