The microfoundations of diaspora politics: unpacking the state and disaggregating the diaspora

Recognising the need to unpack ‌the ‘state’ and‌ ‌problematise‌ the term‌ ‘diaspora’, in this special issue we examine the various actors within (and beyond) the state that participate in the design and implementation of diaspora policies, as well as the mechanisms through which ‌‌‌diasporas‌‌ are constructed by governments, political parties, diaspora entrepreneurs, or international organisations‌. Ex‌‌tant theories are often hard-pressed to...