Ethnic or national groups that have dispersed to other nations are called diasporas. Since
ancient times, they have influenced world politics, and they still do so today. Diasporas are …

How do states in the Global South manage cross-border migration? This article identifies
Hollifield's “migration state” as a useful tool for comparative analysis yet notes that in its …

We call for incorporating organizations into migration scholarship, and for considering
immigrants in organizational research. By centering immigrant organizations (IOs) as a unit …

Why do governments form institutions devoted to emigrants and their descendants in the
diaspora? Such institutions have become a regular feature of political life in many parts of …

In this paper we present the Emigrant Policies Index (EMIX), an index that summarizes the
emigrant policies developed by 22 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) states. In recent …

Origin-state institutions dedicated to emigrants and their descendants have been largely
unnoticed by mainstream political studies even though diaspora institutions are now found …

This introduction to the Special Issue on 'Authoritarian rule of populations abroad'develops a
new theory to better understand how authoritarian rule is exercised over populations abroad …

Do authoritarian states deter dissent in the diaspora? Using data on Libyan and Syrian
activism in the United States and Great Britain, this study demonstrates that they do through …

This article bridges diaspora studies and diplomacy studies by proposing the concept of
'diaspora diplomacy', which considers the components of diplomacy and the changing …

Recognising the need to unpack ‌the 'state'and‌ ‌problematise‌ the term‌ 'diaspora', in this
special issue we examine the various actors within (and beyond) the state that participate in …