Craven, C.R. orcid.org/0000-0003-4380-3527 (2021) Networks do not float freely: (Dis)entangling the politics of Tamil diaspora inclusion in development governance. Global Networks, 21 (4). pp. 769-790. ISSN 1470-2266
Abstract
Scholarship on diaspora engagement strategies has suggested that such strategies are embedded either in binary state-diaspora relations, or global structures of domination. This paper builds on the idea that diaspora engagement is contextually embedded but complicates the understanding of this context, by moving beyond structuralist or state-centric models. It draws on a range of relational theories, to suggest that diaspora engagement strategies in the development field are contextually embedded in complex entanglements of power relations. Data from a multi-method study of the Tamil diaspora in Toronto, from 2009 to 2018, reveals that inclusion in these diaspora engagement strategies is shaped by an entanglement of power relations, which include social networks, and legitimacy claims in overlapping cultural fields, but also spatial relations, whereby geography and material resources are often-overlooked dimensions of this space.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 The Authors. Global Networks published by Global Networks Partnership and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | diaspora; diaspora engagement; development; governance; networks; space; relationalism |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Sociological Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 14 Nov 2023 11:11 |
Last Modified: | 14 Nov 2023 11:11 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/glob.12314 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:205284 |