Description
Book SynopsisHow does a severe economic crisis impact on diaspora-homeland relations? The present volume addresses this question by exploring diaspora engagement in Greece during the protracted post-2009 eurozone crisis. In so doing, it looks at the crisis as a critical juncture in Greece’s relations with its nationals abroad. The contributors in this book explore aspects of diaspora engagement, including transnational mobilisation, homeland reform, the role of diasporic institutions, crisis driven migration, as well as, comparisons with other countries in Europe. This book provides a compelling and original interdisciplinary study of contemporary diaspora issues, through the lens of an advanced economy and democracy facing a prolonged crisis, and, as such, it is a significant addition to the literature on European diasporas.
Table of Contents1. Introduction: The Greek Crisis as a Critical Juncture in Homeland-Diaspora RelationsPart I Homeland Reform and Diaspora Involvement2. Crisis and Change: The Right of Greek Citizens to Vote Abroad3. International Portability of Social Benefits as a Bridge to the Crisis-Driven Diaspora4. Diaspora and Transnational Philanthropy During the Crisis and the Shifting Boundaries of State and Civil SocietyPart II Crisis-driven Emigration and Diasporic Interactions5. Remittance Behaviour of Greek Emigrants in the UK During the Long Recession6. The Greek Diaspora in the UK during the Crisis: Socioeconomic Integration, Prospects of Return and Aspects of Engagement7. “When in Rome”: Do Recent Greek Migrants Adopt New Norms on Corruption While Living Abroad?Part III Diaspora Institutions Before and After the Outbreak of the Crisis8. The World Council of Hellenes Abroad (SAE): From Great Expectations to Disillusionment and Crisis Irrelevance9. The Greek Americans and the Greek Economic Crisis in Historical Perspective10. The Ecumenical Patriarchate: Bridging Greece, the Diaspora and the Orthodox WorldPart IV Diasporic Identities and Transnational Mobilisation During the Crisis
11. Diaspora Public Diplomacy at a Time of Homeland Crisis: The
Philotimo Nation as Global Distinction12. Diasporic Homecoming and Transnational Flows in Times of Crisis: Economic Strategies and Mobilities of Greeks from the Former Soviet Union in Thessaloniki
13. Crisis, Identity and Diasporic Mobilisation: Perspectives from Young People and Parents in the Greek Diaspora in England14. Greek-Australian Ethno-regional Diasporic Engagement with the Homeland During the Greek Economic Crisis: Ethnographic InsightsPart V Beyond the Greek Case15. The Debt Crisis and Homeland-Diaspora Engagement in Portugal: Institutions, Remittances and Political Participation16. Ireland’s Homeland-Diaspora Engagement: Policy Responses to the Post-2008 Economic Crisis17. Migration and Diaspora at Times of Crisis: Public Perceptions of Emigrants in Ukraine18. Conclusion: A New Model of Diaspora Engagement?
