ISBN:
9780415587754
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (207 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution
Parallel Title:
Print version Migration and Security in the Global Age : Diaspora Communities and Conflict
DDC:
305.9
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This book is an interdisciplinary examination of several interconnecting aspects of migrant communities in the context of contemporary conflict and security. The book illustrates that within this globalised world, migrants have become key actors, living in the spaces between states, as well as within them. Arguing that migrants and their descendants are vital and complex constituencies for the achievement of security in this global age, the volume uses a number of case studies, including Palestinian, Sri Lankan, Irish and Somali diaspora communities, to explore the different ways that such gro
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Migration and globalisation; 2 Flight and fight: examining the long distance nationalists; 3 Tales of positive engagement: the long distance peace-builders; 4 Migration and the War on Terror; 5 Fusion cuisine: diasporas, food and conflict; 6 Troubled tours: diaspora tourism, homeland and remembrance; 7 Policy matters: migration and security in the twenty-first Century; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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