dc.contributor.author | Warnecke, Andrea | |
dc.contributor.editor | Warnecke, Andrea | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-10-31T08:45:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-10-31T08:45:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Warnecke, Andrea, ed. ; authors: Matteo Guglielmo... et al. (2010). Diaspora and peace : a comparative assessment of Somali and Ethiopian communities in Europe. University of Jyväskylä , Diaspeace Project, 2010. - (Diaspeace working paper, ISSN 1798-1689 ; No. 2). | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 978-951-39-3949-6 | |
dc.identifier.other | oai:jykdok.linneanet.fi:1145324 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/36876 | |
dc.description.abstract | The Horn of Africa is affected by numerous longstanding
and protracted conflicts with serious
humanitarian, socio-economic and political
consequences for the entire region and beyond.
In the conflict and peace processes, not only are the
states concerned, non-state actors, foreign powers
and international actors involved, but increasingly
diaspora communities who have emerged as actors
actively engaging in the respective countries of
origin and neighbouring countries. Conflict is often
considered a primary cause of migration but in turn
can also fuel violent conflicts. The involvement of
individual diaspora members and organisations in
conflict resolution is manifold and ranges from financial
contributions and social remittances, lobbying
activities and direct involvement in political processes
to humanitarian and developmental projects.
The role of the diaspora in their countries of origin is
increasingly acknowledged not only by the research
community but also by policy- and decision-makers,
both in the countries of origin and in the countries
of residence. The African Union officially endorses
the active participation of the African diaspora
in its affairs. Moreover, various African states have
established diaspora departments or ministries to
further institutionalise state–diaspora relations. In the
countries of residence, governmental institutions and
non-governmental organisations are looking for ways
to involve diaspora members and organisations in
their developmental and integration endeavours.
However, these efforts are often hampered by
restrictive migration legislations due to fears of security
threats and demographic imbalances.
Whilst most initiatives focus especially on diaspora
engagement in the field of development, researchers
and policy-/decision-makers still have to take the
potential contribution of diaspora communities to
peacebuilding as well as indigenous approaches
of the diaspora to peaceful conflict resolution more
systematically into account.
Research within the DIASPEACE project focuses on the
contribution and impact of diaspora actors in peace
and conflict processes by carefully studying diaspora
organisations from the Horn of Africa in Europe, their
interfaces with European civil society and state
institutions, and their engagement in the Horn.
This brief comprises innovative findings of the
DIASPEACE project on Ethiopian and Somali diaspora
organisations in five European countries. Based on indepth
research in the United Kingdom, Finland, Italy,
Germany and the Netherlands, this study provides a
comparative assessment of diaspora organisations,
their activities and the framework conditions
determining their interventions in the Horn of Africa. It
assesses both the characteristics and own resources
of diaspora organisations as well as factors and
conditions that shape this engagement, and therefore
allows for an analysis of the diaspora organisations’
potential to contribute to peace and development in
their countries of origin. In consequence, it allows for
a more objective policy and intervention of diaspora
actors in the receiving countries of the European
Union.
Based on comprehensive empirical data, the present
study enriches the discourse on diaspora communities
from the Horn of Africa and the role of the diaspora
in conflict settings in general. It also seeks to provide
first entry points to enhancing the co-operation of
diaspora actors with other governmental and nongovernmental
institutions, thereby improving the
integration of diaspora organisations into existing
peacebuilding policies and initiatives in the region of
origin and the receiving countries. | fi |
dc.format.extent | 118 sivua | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | [University of Jyväskylä], Diaspeace Project | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Diaspeace working paper | |
dc.rights | In Copyright | |
dc.subject.other | pakkomuutto | |
dc.title | Diaspora and peace : a comparative assessment of Somali and Ethiopian communities in Europe | |
dc.type | book | |
dc.identifier.urn | URN:ISBN:978-951-39-3949-6 | |
dc.type.dcmitype | Text | en |
dc.relation.issn | 1798-1689 | |
dc.relation.numberinseries | No. 2 | |
dc.rights.accesslevel | openAccess | |
dc.subject.yso | maahanmuuttajat | |
dc.subject.yso | diaspora | |
dc.format.content | fulltext | |
dc.rights.url | https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/ | |