“If you become a slave here, do you think they’re going to fight there?” Tamil Diaspora Mobilizations and Host-country Politics
Tamil diaspora political mobilization against the Sri Lankan government shows that, contrary to a commonly held view, migrants’ transnational political engagement can be a vector, rather than an obstacle, to their political inclusion in their country of settlement. But the articulation of a homeland...
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| description | Tamil diaspora political mobilization against the Sri Lankan government shows that, contrary to a commonly held view, migrants’ transnational political engagement can be a vector, rather than an obstacle, to their political inclusion in their country of settlement. But the articulation of a homeland-oriented struggle with the broader political participation of migrants has been a highly contentious issue in the diasporic political field, some activists seeing in these dynamics a risk of co-optation and dilution of the Tamil cause. While LTTE diasporic associations promoted a form of political inclusion which did not challenge the primacy of the Tamil cause, independent diasporic groups incorporated external ideological influences in their conception of the Tamil struggle and merged their homeland-oriented activism with a broader engagement in host-country politics. The case of Tamil diaspora politics shows that the modalities of incorporation of diaspora activists into host-country politics can be a major stake for them, leading to thorough reflections about their role as migrant political actors, to deep disagreements between various poles of a diasporic field, and to diverse pathways of insertion in the host-country political arena. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c55320c9ca164613a1c7894d19374c782024-02-12T15:39:13ZengCentre d’Etudes de l’Inde et de l’Asie du SudSouth Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal1960-60602710.4000/samaj.7665“If you become a slave here, do you think they’re going to fight there?” Tamil Diaspora Mobilizations and Host-country PoliticsLola GuyotTamil diaspora political mobilization against the Sri Lankan government shows that, contrary to a commonly held view, migrants’ transnational political engagement can be a vector, rather than an obstacle, to their political inclusion in their country of settlement. But the articulation of a homeland-oriented struggle with the broader political participation of migrants has been a highly contentious issue in the diasporic political field, some activists seeing in these dynamics a risk of co-optation and dilution of the Tamil cause. While LTTE diasporic associations promoted a form of political inclusion which did not challenge the primacy of the Tamil cause, independent diasporic groups incorporated external ideological influences in their conception of the Tamil struggle and merged their homeland-oriented activism with a broader engagement in host-country politics. The case of Tamil diaspora politics shows that the modalities of incorporation of diaspora activists into host-country politics can be a major stake for them, leading to thorough reflections about their role as migrant political actors, to deep disagreements between various poles of a diasporic field, and to diverse pathways of insertion in the host-country political arena.https://journals.openedition.org/samaj/7665Tamil diasporaimmigrant politicsSri Lankan civil wardiaspora politicspolitical inclusion |
| spellingShingle | Lola Guyot “If you become a slave here, do you think they’re going to fight there?” Tamil Diaspora Mobilizations and Host-country Politics South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal Tamil diaspora immigrant politics Sri Lankan civil war diaspora politics political inclusion |
| title | “If you become a slave here, do you think they’re going to fight there?” Tamil Diaspora Mobilizations and Host-country Politics |
| title_full | “If you become a slave here, do you think they’re going to fight there?” Tamil Diaspora Mobilizations and Host-country Politics |
| title_fullStr | “If you become a slave here, do you think they’re going to fight there?” Tamil Diaspora Mobilizations and Host-country Politics |
| title_full_unstemmed | “If you become a slave here, do you think they’re going to fight there?” Tamil Diaspora Mobilizations and Host-country Politics |
| title_short | “If you become a slave here, do you think they’re going to fight there?” Tamil Diaspora Mobilizations and Host-country Politics |
| title_sort | if you become a slave here do you think they re going to fight there tamil diaspora mobilizations and host country politics |
| topic | Tamil diaspora immigrant politics Sri Lankan civil war diaspora politics political inclusion |
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