Diaspora Governance from Below: A Case Study of Stateless Kurdish Community Associations in Berlin and Jerusalem

自下而上的侨民治理：柏林和耶路撒冷无国籍库尔德社区协会的案例研究

• 批准号: 442549651
• 负责人: Dr. Veysi Dag, Ph.D.
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Department of Political Sciences
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2019-12-31 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/442549651?language=en
• 关键词: Diaspora; Governance; Below; Case; Study

Diasporas establish a wide range of associations to affect the adaptation of refugees to new societies. They also foster their own culture, provide their members with practical assistance, defend their interests, overcome their isolation and maintain links with the homeland. The role of diaspora associations is crucial in homeland matters, too. However, the subject of stateless diaspora associations is downplayed — how and why they establish their local and trans-border structures; what their key functions are in the management of the refugee incorporation process and their homeland affairs, and; what challenges they face in terms of legitimacy. Furthermore, it is worth emphasising how different political opportunity structures (POSs) at both the urban and national levels shape dynamics and interactions within institutional venues. To address these central blind spots, this project seeks to investigate the contextual conditions as well as the institutional and cultural dimensions specifically relating to the Kurdish diaspora associations in Berlin in the global North and Jerusalem in the Middle Eastern region of the global South. Based on literature reviews, ethnographic fieldwork and in-depth interviews, as well as comparative and interpretive analyses, this project will yield fresh insights into complex relationships between diaspora associations, refugees, local and regional authorities and homeland actors. It will shed light on the way in which Kurdish associations enforce a balanced mode of diaspora governance from below that contributes to the refugees’ incorporation, the reformation of migration regimes and the management of homeland affairs.

散居地建立了各种各样的协会，以影响难民适应新社会。它们还培育自己的文化，为其成员提供实际援助，捍卫其利益，克服其孤立状态，并与祖国保持联系。侨民协会在祖国事务中也发挥着至关重要的作用。然而，关于无国籍散居者协会的问题却被淡化了-它们如何以及为何建立其地方和跨界结构;它们在管理难民融入进程和家园事务方面的关键职能是什么;它们在合法性方面面临哪些挑战。此外，值得强调的是，城市和国家层面不同的政治机会结构如何影响机构内部的动态和互动。为了解决这些中心盲点，本项目旨在调查背景条件以及体制和文化层面，特别是与全球北方柏林和全球南方中东地区耶路撒冷的库尔德侨民协会有关。根据文献审查、人种学实地考察和深入访谈，以及比较和解释性分析，该项目将对侨民协会、难民、地方和区域当局以及家园行为者之间的复杂关系产生新的见解。它将阐明库尔德人协会如何从下而上实行一种平衡的散居地治理模式，以促进难民融入社会、改革移民制度和管理家园事务。