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Diasporas and secessionist conflicts : the mobilization of the Armenian, Albanian and Chechen diasporas
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Koinova, Maria (2011) Diasporas and secessionist conflicts : the mobilization of the Armenian, Albanian and Chechen diasporas. Ethnic and Racial Studies, Volume 34 (Number 2). pp. 333-356. doi:10.1080/01419870.2010.489646
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Abstract
This article examines the impact of diasporas on secessionist conflicts, focusing on the Albanian, Armenian and Chechen diasporas and the conflicts in Kosovo, Karabakh and Chechnya during the 1990s. How do diasporas radicalize these conflicts? I argue that despite differences in diaspora communal characteristics and the types of the secessionist conflicts, a common pattern of mobilization develops. Large-scale diasporic support for secessionism emerges only after independence is proclaimed by the local elites. From that point onwards diasporas become engaged in a conflict spiral, and transnational coalitions are formed between local secessionist and diaspora groups. Depending on the organizational strength of the local strategic centre and the diasporic institutions, these coalitions endure or dissipate. Diasporas exert radicalization influences on the conflict spiral on two specific junctures – when grave violations of human rights occur in the homeland and when local moderate elites start losing credibility that they can achieve the secessionist goal.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Armenian diaspora, Europe, Eastern -- Ethnic relations, Minorities -- Europe, Eastern, Nationalism -- Europe, Eastern, Chechnia (Russia) -- relations -- Political aspects, Transnationalism | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Ethnic and Racial Studies | ||||
| Publisher: | Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd. | ||||
| ISSN: | 0141-9870 | ||||
| Official Date: | 2011 | ||||
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 23 December 2015 | ||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 23 December 2015 | ||||
| Volume: | Volume 34 | ||||
| Number: | Number 2 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 333-356 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/01419870.2010.489646 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access |
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