Thinking beyond the territorial mentality is a growing theme in democratic theory and empirical research on democracy. However, so far most of our theoretical reasoning about deterritorialisation of democracy focusses on economic globalization and political supranationalisation of democratic regimes. Much less do we know about the impact of diasporas on democratic development. Therefore this book is timely and important. It will contribute to further our understanding of democracy within and beyond the nation state.
Wolfgang Merkel, Professor, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fr Sozialforschung WZB
The editors and contributors to this book dig deep in addressing the crucial question of whether territory is necessary both to the expression of national democracy and a diasporic consciousness. The answer, Oleinikova and Bayeh convincingly argue, is to see territory as becoming manifest only when multi-layered points of interaction intersect with the politics of the imaginary and reality. Their conceptual intervention and the Ukrainian case study provide original and arresting insights.
Robin Cohen, Emeritus Professor, University of Oxford
Democracy, Diaspora, Territory
This volume offers a profoundly new interpretation of the impact of modern diasporas on democracy, challenging the orthodox understanding that ties these two concepts to a bounded form of territory. Considering democracy and diaspora through a deterritorialised lens, it takes the post-Euromaidan Ukraine as a central case study to show how modern diasporas are actively involved in shaping democracy from a distance, and through their political activity are becoming increasingly democratised themselves. An examination of how power-sharing democracies function beyond the territorial state, Democracy, Diaspora, Territory: Europe and Cross-Border Politics compels us to reassess what we mean by democracy and diaspora today, and why we need to focus on the deterritorialised dimensions of these phenomena if we are to adequately address the crises confronting numerous democracies. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology and politics with interests in migration and diaspora, political theory, citizenship and democracy.
Olga Oleinikova is Lecturer and Director of Ukraine Democracy Initiative in the School of Communication at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. She is the winner of the Forbes 30 Under 30 award and is a finalist for the 2018 Council of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences in Australia Future Leader Prize.
Jumana Bayeh is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations at Macquarie University, Australia, and the author of The Literature of the Lebanese Diaspora: Representations of Place and Transnational Identity.
Studies in Migration and Diaspora
Series Editor: Anne J. Kershen, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Studies in Migration and Diaspora is a series designed to showcase the interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary nature of research in this important field. Volumes in the series cover local, national and global issues and engage with both historical and contemporary events. The books will appeal to scholars, students and all those engaged in the study of migration and diaspora. Amongst the topics covered are minority ethnic relations, transnational movements and the cultural, social and political implications of moving from over there, to over here.
Home States and Homeland Politics
Interactions between the Turkish State and its Emigrants in France and the United States
Damla B. Aksel
Undoing Homogeneity in the Nordic Region
Migration, Difference and the Politics of Solidarity
Edited by Suvi Keskinen, Unnur Ds Skaptadttir and Mari Toivanen
Wellbeing of Transnational Muslim Families
Marriage, Law and Gender
Edited by Marja Tiilikainen, Mulki Al-Sharmani and Sanna Mustasaari
Tracing Asylum Journeys
Transnational Mobility of non-European Refugees to Canada via Turkey
Ugur Yildiz
Convivial Cultures in Multicultural Cities
Polish Migrant Women in Manchester and Barcelona
Alina Rzepnikowska
Democracy, Diaspora, Territory
Europe and Cross-Border Politics
Olga Oleinikova and Jumana Bayeh
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Names: Oleinikova, Olga, editor. | Bayeh, Jumana, editor.
Title: Democracy, diaspora, territory : Europe and cross-border politics / edited by Olga Oleinikova and Jumana Bayeh.
Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. | Series: Studies in migration and diaspora | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019028163 (print) | LCCN 2019028164 (ebook) | ISBN 9780367279158 (hardback) | ISBN 9780429298707 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Democracy--Ukraine. | Ukrainians--Foreign countries--Politics and government. | Political participation--Ukraine. | Ukraine--History--Euromaidan Protests, 2013-2014. | Ukraine--Politics and government--1991-
Classification: LCC JN6639.A15 .D5233 2020 (print) | LCC JN6639.A15 (ebook) | DDC 320.9477--dc23
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ISBN: 978-0-429-29870-7 (ebk)
Jumana Bayeh is Senior Lecturer at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Her work straddles the fields of literary studies and politics, especially Middle East studies. She has held research fellowships at the University of Toronto, the University of Edinburgh and the Lebanese University in Beirut. She is the author of The Literature of the Lebanese Diaspora: Representations of Place and Transnational Identity
