Disaggregating diasporas as a force in role contestation mobilising the marginalised in foreign affairs / Matthew K. Godwin.
| Author/creator | Godwin, Matthew K. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2023. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Role theory and international relations ; 16 |
| Abstract | "Using a Role Theory lens, this book addresses this shortage of work through investigating Tamil diaspora mass movements and interest groups as forces of domestic foreign policy influence. Until now Role Theory has not considered diaspora mass movements as collective action actors, nor looked at how marginalised diasporas influence elite foreign policy decision-making. Matthew K. Godwin employs a comparative, microfoundational decision-making narrative that looks incisively at decisions faced by the British and Canadian governments in 2009 and 2013 toward the Sri Lankan civil war and its aftermath. Through qualitative, elite-level interviews and content analysis of other primary source data, Godwin convincingly argues that when diaspora interest group elites are leveraging the power of mass movements in concert with credible partisan advocates, they can influence foreign policy decision-making. However, international institutional constraints on role behaviour may stymie their preferred role performance, especially if states are indispensable to the institutions their behaviour may unravel. Ultimately, Godwin concludes that some states can't behave 'badly', even when they want to. This book will be of interest to students and researchers of International Relations, Foreign Policy Analysis, Comparative Politics, Migration Studies and to non-government organizations who seek to influence governments"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Godwin, Matthew K. Disaggregating diasporas as a force in role contestation New York, NY : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2023 9780367544904 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022017283 |
| ISBN | 9781000641424 (epub) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781003089490 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 9781000641332 (adobe pdf) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |