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Koinova, Maria (2009) Diasporas and democratization in the post-communist world. Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Volume 42 (Number 1). pp. 41-64. doi:10.1016/j.postcomstud.2009.02.001 ISSN 0967-067X.
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Abstract
If diaspora communities are socialized with democratic values in Western societies, they could be expected to be sympathetic to the democratization of their home countries. However, there is a high degree of variation in their behavior. Contrary to the predominant understanding in the literature that diasporas act in exclusively nationalist ways, this article argues that they do engage with the democratization of their home countries. Various challenges to the sovereignty of their homelands explain whether diasporas involve with procedural or liberal aspects of democratization. Drawing evidence from the activities of the Ukrainian, Serbian, Albanian and Armenian diasporas after the end of communism, I argue that unless diasporas are linked to home countries that enjoy both international legal and domestic sovereignty, they will involve only with procedural aspects of democratization. Diasporas filter international pressure to democratize post-communist societies by utilizing democratic procedures to advance unresolved nationalist goals.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HX Socialism. Communism. Anarchism 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, Ukrainian diaspora, Ukrainians -- Migrations, Serbs -- Migrations, Albanians -- Migrations, Democratization, Post-communism | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Communist and Post-Communist Studies | ||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science BV | ||||
| ISSN: | 0967-067X | ||||
| Official Date: | March 2009 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 42 | ||||
| Number: | Number 1 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 41-64 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2009.02.001 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
| Funder: | Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (WWICS) , City University of New York. Mellon-Sawyer Seminar Series (CUNYMSSSS) |
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