Development and Diaspora: Ghana and its Migrants
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Development and Diaspora: Ghana and its Migrants
Sociologus, Vol. 59(2009), Iss. 1 : pp. 17–31 | First published online: October 03, 2017
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1Boris Nieswand, Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung multireligiöser und multiethnischer Gesellschaften (MMG), Abteilung für soziokulturelle Vielfalt, Hermann-Föge-Weg 11, 37073 Göttingen, Germany.
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Abstract
The recent emphasis on the link between development and diasporic activities does not only reflect social changes, like the increase in migrant remittances, but also facilitates the building of institutions for the political and social inclusion of migrants in their country of origin. This article shows that the Ghanaian “diaspora” is not a social unit that predated the new discourse on transcontinental labour migration but rather emerged in its course. Institutional slots were created for Ghanaian migrant associations and individuals in the receiving countries to act as representatives of the Ghanaian “diaspora”. In this framework
Die aktuelle Diskussion über den Einfluss von Migranten auf die Entwicklung ihres Herkunftslandes reflektiert nicht nur veränderte gesellschaftlichen Realitäten, sondern schafft gleichzeitig auch Partizipationsmöglichkeiten, innerhalb derer die Inklusion von Migranten in ihr Herkunftsland erst hergestellt wird. Die “ghanaische Diaspora” ist, wie anhand des Falles von Ghanaern in Deutschland gezeigt wird, keine an sich existierende soziale Einheit, sondern formierte sich erst im Zuge der Neubewertung von transnationaler Migration aus Ghana. Diaspora-Politiken kreieren soziale Räume für Migrantenorganisationen und Individuen, innerhalb derer sie als legitime Repräsentanten der Migranten in den Zuwanderungsländern agieren können.