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Diasporas and the nation-state: from victims to challengers
Robin Cohen · 1996
Catalogue summary
This article explains why diaspora became a wider political and scholarly category in the late twentieth century. It traces changes in migration, minority identity, homeland ties, and nation-state responses while noting the term's earlier Armenian as well as Jewish associations.
Why this matters
It supplies a concise theoretical context for interpreting contemporary Armenian diaspora politics and identity without reducing them to a single model.
Citation
Robin Cohen 1996. Diasporas and the nation-state: from victims to challengers. International Affairs. https://doi.org/10.2307/2625554
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