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Diaspora politics is the study of the political behavior of transnational ethnic diasporas, their relationship with their ethnic homelands and their host states, as well as their prominent role in ethnic conflicts.^[1] The study of diaspora politics is part of the broader field of diaspora studies. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Identity politics is the political activity of various social movements for self-determination. ... The psychodynamics of decision-making form a basis to understand institutional functioning. ... An ethnic group is a group of people who identify with one another, or are so identified by others, on the basis of a boundary that distinguishes them from other groups. ... Look up Diaspora in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A homeland is the concept of the territory to which one belongs; usually, the country in which a particular nationality was born. ... Diaspora studies is an academic field established in the late twentieth century to study dispersed ethnic populations, which are often termed diaspora peoples. ...

To understand a diaspora's politics, one must first understand its historical context and attachments^[2]: A diaspora is a transnational community that defined itself as an singular ethnic group based upon its shared identity. Diasporas result from historical emigration from an original homeland. In modern cases, this migration can be historically documented, and the diaspora associated with a certain territory. Whether this territory is in fact the homeland of a specific ethnic group, is a political matter. The older the migration, the less evidence there is for the event: in the case of the Roma people the migration, the homeland, and the migration route have not yet been accurately determined. A claim to a homeland always has political connotations, and is often disputed. Some opponents of Zionism dispute that Jews are an ethnic or national group, dispute that they are a diaspora from Roman Palestine and dispute all claims to a national homeland (the central aim of the Zionist movement). // Computer programming In object-oriented programming, object identity is a mechanism for distinguishing different objects from each other. ... A homeland is the concept of the territory to which one belongs; usually, the country in which a particular nationality was born. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Zionism is a political movement that supports a homeland for the Jewish people in the Land of Israel, where Jewish nationhood is thought to have evolved somewhere between 1200 BC and late Second Temple times,[1][2] and where Jewish kingdoms existed up to the 2nd century CE. Zionism is... The History of Palestine is the account of events in the geographic area called Palestine, from ancient times to the present. ...

Self-identified diasporas place great importance on their homeland, because of their ethnic and cultural association with it - especially if it has been 'lost' or 'conquered'. This has led ethnic nationalist movements within several diasporas, often resulting in the establishment of a sovereign homeland. But even when these are established, it is rare for the complete diaspora population to return to the homeland, and the remaining diaspora community typically retains significant emotional attachment to the homeland, and the co-ethnic population there. Ethnic nationalism is the form of nationalism in which the state derives political legitimacy from historical cultural or hereditary groupings (ethnicities); the underlying assumption is that ethnicities should be politically distinct. ... Sovereignty is the exclusive right to exercise supreme political (e. ...

Ethnic diaspora communities are now recognized by scholars as "inevitable" and "endemic" features of the international system, writes Yossi Shain and Tamara Cofman Wittes^[1], for the following reasons: Yossi Shain (b. ...

1. First, within each of a diaspora's host states, resident members can organize domestically to maximize their political clout.
2. Second, a diaspora can exert significant pressure in its homeland's domestic political arena regarding issues of diaspora concern.
3. Lately, a diaspora's transnational community can engage directly with third-party states and international organizations, in effect bypassing its homeland and host state governments.

Diasporas are thus perceived as transnational political entities, operating on "behalf of their entire people", and capable of acting independently from any individual state (be it their homeland or host states.)

See also

• Diaspora politics in the United States

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References

1. ^ ^{a b} Shain, Yossi & Tamara Cofman Wittes. Peace as a Three-Level Game: The Role of Diasporas in Conflict Resolution in Ambrosio, Thomas. 2002. "Ethnic identity groups and U.S. foreign policy." Praeger Publishers. ISBN 027597532
2. ^ Ambrosio, Thomas. 2002. "Ethnic identity groups and U.S. foreign policy." Praeger Publishers. ISBN 027597532