Governing Diasporas in International Relations - 9781138739635

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Governing Diasporas in International RelationsThe Transnational Politics of Croatia and Former Yugoslavia\nAuthor(s): Francesco Ragazzi\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138739635, 978-1138739635\nSynopsis\nThis book analyzes how states extend their sovereignty beyond their territories through the language of diasporas.\n\nAn increasing number of states are interested in supporting, managing or controlling their populations abroad, something they define as their diaspora. Yet what does it mean for governments to formulate claims of sovereignty over populations who reside outside the very borders that legitimate them? This book argues that diaspora should be understood as a performative discourse that enables transnational political practices that could otherwise not be justified in a normative structure of world politics, dominated by the imperatives of territorial sovereignty. The empirical analysis focuses on th.