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Emigrant citizenship and diaspora policy: publications roundup

By Noreen Bowden | April 25, 2008

The relationship between home countries and their diasporas is becoming increasingly the subject of research. A number of articles have been published recently exploring the nature of the relationship, and the way countries are responding to increasing globalisation and the changes that enhanced transport and communications technology have wrought in emigrant experience.

• World wide webs: Diasporas and the international system by
  Dr Michael Fullilove, Lowy Institute. 2008.
  A global look at increasing diaspora consciousness, with a focus on demographics, economics, politics, identity and security.
  
• Citizenship à la Carte by David Fitzgerald, UC San Diego. 2008
  Posits that home countries and emigrants are increasingly negotiating a new form of citizenship, based on greater voluntarism, a greater emphasis on citizen rights over obligations, and the legitimacy of multiple affiliations.
• States and their citizens abroad: The sequencing and viability of citizenship rights for emigrants by Sybil Rodes and Arus Harutyunyan, 2007.

• NYU Law Review: The Construction of Citizenship in an Emigration Context 2006
  A special edition of the journal with a number of articles focusing on issues related to emigrant citizenship.

Council of Europe documents related to expats and diaspora

• Diaspora Cultures Report – Doc 10342 (2004)
  
• Diaspora Cultures Recommendations 1668 (2004)
• Links between Europeans living abroad and their countries of origin. Document 8339 (1999)
• Links between Europeans living abroad and their countries of origin Recommendation 1410: (1999).

Irish documents of interest

• Ireland and the Irish Abroad: Report of the Task Force on Policy Regarding Emigrants (2002)
• A study of the existing sources of information and analysis about Irish emigrants and Irish communities abroad (2002) Written by Bronwen Walter with Breda Gray, Linda Dowling Almeida, and Sarah Morgan, For the Task Force on Policy Regarding Emigrants
• Cherishing the Irish Diaspora A speech by President Mary Robinson to the Joint Houses of the Oireachtas, (1995)

International documents

• They still call Australia home: Inquiry into Australian Expatriates (2005)
  A report published by the Australian Senate.
  Includes: “Measures taken by other countries regarding their expatriates“.
• Policies to encourage the return of emigrants (2006)
  Recommendations from the Institute of Public Affairs to encourage return migration from Poland.
• Democratic rights of European expatriates: Comparative Study Report on the electoral regimes in the country of origin for European expatriates and the Democratic representation of their interests, rights and obligations to the country of origin and to the European Parliament. (2004)
  Produced by the European Confederation “The Europeans Throughout the World”.

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