TY - JOUR
T1 - Competing for Lebanon's Diaspora
T2 - Transnationalism and Domestic Struggles in a Weak State
AU - Pearlman, Wendy
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Just as state strength influences relationships between state and society and among social forces within a national territory, so does it shape relationships between states and their emigrants and diasporas across territorial borders. Scholars debate how transnational migration affirms or challenges the dominance of the nation-state. When sending states are weak, however, diaspora-homeland linkages can undermine the role of the state in a way that is not transformative, but sustaining of the status quo. Examining Lebanon, this paper explores how domestic actors extend their struggles to vie over and through kin abroad. Three realms of competition are paramount: demography, votes, and money. The resulting transnational outreach reproduces a politics in which both expatriates and the state function as resources as much as actors.
AB - Just as state strength influences relationships between state and society and among social forces within a national territory, so does it shape relationships between states and their emigrants and diasporas across territorial borders. Scholars debate how transnational migration affirms or challenges the dominance of the nation-state. When sending states are weak, however, diaspora-homeland linkages can undermine the role of the state in a way that is not transformative, but sustaining of the status quo. Examining Lebanon, this paper explores how domestic actors extend their struggles to vie over and through kin abroad. Three realms of competition are paramount: demography, votes, and money. The resulting transnational outreach reproduces a politics in which both expatriates and the state function as resources as much as actors.
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U2 - 10.1111/imre.12070
DO - 10.1111/imre.12070
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84897007670
SN - 0197-9183
VL - 48
SP - 34
EP - 75
JO - International Migration Review
JF - International Migration Review
IS - 1
ER -