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- Citizenship, belonging, and identity in our globalizing world are increasingly stretched out across borders of multiple countries. Thus, state-diaspora relations and the role of the state are relevant for an understanding emigrant engagement in the social, political, and economic development of their home nations. Using the conceptual framework of migrant transnationalism, the case of Cabo Verde is analyzed here to demonstrate how state-sponsored mechanisms can engage the diaspora in homeland politics. This paper highlights that as external citizens, emigrants remain motivated and interested in their home countries. Thus, the state can play an important role in strengthening bonds between diaspora communities and the homeland through active citizenship and the political integration of external citizens.
- A cidadania, o pertencimento e a identidade no mundo globalisado estão cada vez mais espalhados por fronteiras de diferentes países. Portanto, as relações entre Estados e diásporas são relevantes para a compreensão da motivação de emigrantes de se envolverem no desenvolvimento político e económico dos seus países de origem. Utilizando o enquadramento do transnacionalismo migratório, o caso de Cabo Verde é aqui analisado para demonstrar como mecanismos promovidos polo Estado podem desempenhar um papel importante para reforçar as ligações entre as comunidades diaspóricas e o país de origem através da cidadania ativa e a integração de cidadãos externos.
Citation
Borges, Aleida Mendes,
"Emigration and Citizenship: Diaspora Political Engagement in Cabo Verde"
(2022).
e-Journal of Portuguese History.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://doi.org/10.26300/dt4f-nb04
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e-Journal of Portuguese History
...The e-Journal of Portuguese History (e-JPH) (ISSN: 1645-6432) is an international peer-reviewed scholarly journal with the objective of providing publication of work on historical subjects, especially those concerning themes and topics of Portuguese history analyzed in a comparative perspective. It …