Migration ‘against the tide’: location and Jewish diaspora entrepreneurs
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DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2018.1549359
Abstract: ABSTRACT Diaspora entrepreneurs contribute to regional development through business, ideas and resources. Most diasporas originate from migration from developing and emerging economies and are captured in dyadic patterns between the country of origin and their… read more here.
Keywords: diaspora; migration tide; tide location; diaspora entrepreneurs ... See more keywords
“To Reach the Lands of Freedom”: Petitions of Polish Displaced Persons to American Poles, Moral Screening and the Role of Diaspora in Refugee Resettlement
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DOI: 10.1080/14780038.2019.1704348
Abstract: ABSTRACT In 1949, in the wake of the USA’s Displaced Persons Act of 1948, the American Committee for the Resettlement of Polish Displaced Persons received thousands of letters from refugees of peasant and worker background… read more here.
Keywords: diaspora; american poles; polish displaced; role ... See more keywords
Business people in war times, the ‘fluid capital’ and the ‘shy diaspora’: The case of Syrians in Turkey
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DOI: 10.1093/jrs/feaa084
Abstract: Due to intensive conflict, a significant amount of Syrian capital flight has funnelled to Turkey since 2011. Drawing upon fieldwork conducted in five major Turkish cities which have hosted the highest number of Syrian business… read more here.
Keywords: diaspora; conflict; capital; business people ... See more keywords
Connected Sahrawi refugee diaspora in Spain: Gender, social media and digital transnational gossip
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DOI: 10.1177/1367549419869357
Abstract: While there is increasing scholarly attention given to the impact of digital technologies on forced migration, the points of view and situated experiences of refugees living in the diaspora are understudied. This article addresses Sahrawis… read more here.
Keywords: social media; transnational gossip; diaspora; refugee ... See more keywords
Diaspora micro-influencers and COVID-19 communication on social media: The case of Chinese-speaking YouTube vloggers
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DOI: 10.1515/multi-2020-0099
Abstract: Abstract Diaspora vloggers–migrants who produce video blogs in the language of their home countries for a transnational diaspora community–have been a largely overlooked group in the studies of social media. This paper focuses on the… read more here.
Keywords: social media; chinese speaking; micro influencers; diaspora ... See more keywords