Research on the Correlation between the East European Countries and Their Diasporas Centering on the Interwar Period.

本研究将散居侨民定义为在祖国之外的民族社区通过相互网络与祖国的国家和地方组织联系。本研究以两次世界大战期间为中心，考察匈牙利和捷克斯洛伐克移民的特征。个案研究包括：第一次世界大战期间在美国的东欧族群与故土的关系、东欧移民的世界主义与公民权、捷克和斯洛伐克裔美国人在美国重建故土、《特里亚农条约》中东欧侨民的参与。通过这些案例研究，可以清楚地看到，作为重要的参与者，东欧侨民对本国和东道国的政府和当地社区施加了影响。通过这种方式，他们试图作为重要的行动者从境外改革其祖国的政治制度。

This research defines the Diaspora as the ethnic communities outside of the homelands connecting with national and local organizations in their homelands via mutual network. This study examines the feature of Diasporas from Hungary and Czech-Slovakia centering on the interwar period. Taking up the case studies were the following : relationship between the East European ethnic groups in the United States and their homelands during World War I, Cosmopolitanism and Citizenship among East European immigrants, reconstructed homelands in the United States by Czech and Slovak Americans, the East European Diasporas involvement in Treaty of Trianon. By these case studies, it is clear that as the important actors the East European Diasporas exercised their influence on governments and local communities in homelands and host countries. In this way, they tried as the important actors to reform political system in their homelands from outside of borders.