LEADER 03606nam 22006612 450 001 9910150189003321 005 20170202140932.0 010 $a1-316-78960-8 010 $a1-316-79248-X 010 $a1-316-79296-X 010 $a1-316-61253-8 010 $a1-316-79344-3 010 $a1-316-79392-3 010 $a1-316-79536-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000942352 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4697946 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781316672020 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000942352 100 $a20151208d2016|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMobilising the diaspora $ehow refugees challenge authoritarianism /$fAlexander Betts, Will Jones 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 266 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 Jan 2017). 311 $a1-316-67202-6 311 $a1-107-15992-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tThe politics of animation --$gPart 1: Zimbabwe --$tThe birth of the Zimbabwean diaspora --$tBriefcase activists: death, afterlife, and performativity --$tHeroic humanitarians: a neglected contribution --$gPart 2: Rwanda --$tOpposing the RPF from abroad --$tConstructing the statist diaspora --$tHijacked humanitarians: the campaign against cessation. 330 $aOver half the world lives under authoritarian regimes. For these people, the opportunity to engage in politics moves outside the state's territory. Mobilising across borders, diasporas emerge to challenge such governments. This book offers an in-depth examination of the internal politics of transnational mobilisation. Studying Rwandan and Zimbabwean exiles, it exposes the power, interests, and unexpected agendas behind mobilisation, revealing the surprising and ambivalent role played by outsiders. Far from being passive victims waiting for humanitarian assistance, refugees engage actively in political struggle. From Rwandans resisting their repatriation, to Zimbabweans preventing arms shipments, political exiles have diverse aims and tactics. Conversely, the governments they face also deploy a range of transnational strategies, and those that purport to help them often do so with hidden agendas. This shifting political landscape reveals the centrality of transnationalism within global politics, the historical and political contingency of diasporas, and the precarious agency of refugees. 606 $aAfrican diaspora$xPolitical aspects 606 $aExiles$xPolitical activity 606 $aRefugees$xPolitical activity 606 $aTransnationalism$xPolitical aspects$zZimbabwe 606 $aTransnationalism$xPolitical aspects$zRwanda 606 $aPolitical participation 606 $aAuthoritarianism$zZimbabwe 606 $aAuthoritarianism$zRwanda 615 0$aAfrican diaspora$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aExiles$xPolitical activity. 615 0$aRefugees$xPolitical activity. 615 0$aTransnationalism$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aTransnationalism$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aPolitical participation. 615 0$aAuthoritarianism 615 0$aAuthoritarianism 676 $a304.8096 700 $aBetts$b Alexander$f1980-$0617033 702 $aJones$b Will$f1986- 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910150189003321 996 $aMobilising the diaspora$91899642 997 $aUNINA