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An analysis of diasporic politics must take into consideration both the domain of national or domestic politics and also that of transnational political practices; the two are complementary sides of the same process. On the one hand, the diaspora is involved in integrating itself politically in the adopted country, and on the other it is involved in influencing, if not shaping, the political destiny of the homeland. The diaspora can be seen as a political agency through which the mechanisms of political action and change can be analyzed within a transnational continuum that includes the sending and receiving states and the diasporic community. The focus on diasporic politics highlights ‘the increasing importance of transnational actors and processes’.1
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Laguerre, M.S. (1998). Diasporic Politics: Border-Crossing Political Practices. In: Diasporic Citizenship. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26755-2_9
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