Diasporas and ethnic migrants : Germany, Israel, and post-Soviet successor states in comparative perspective

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Part 1 Introduction: diasporas and ethnic migrants in 20th century Europe - a comparative perspective, Rainer Ohliger and Rainer Munz. Part 2 Theoretical and comparative perspectives: from diasporas to migrants, from migrants to diasporas, Gabriel Sheffer minority existence in 20th-century central and eastern Europe -between self and other?, Rainer Ohliger the American model of diasporic discourse, Khachig Toloyan. Part 3 Making and unmaking diasporas - ethnic unmixing and forced migrations in 20th-century Europe: the spell of the homogeneous nation-state -structural factors and agents of ethnic cleansing, Philipp Ther ethnic cleansing as an invention of the 20th century - an account of expulsions in Europe, Karl Schlogel ethnic migrations of the 1990s from and to the successor states of the former Soviet Union - or privileged migration?, Anne de Tinguy. Part 4 Russia and the post-Soviet successor states - new diasporas and ethnic migrants: the end of an empire - migration and the changing nationality composition of the Soviet successor states, Tim Heleniak the dissolution of the Soviet Union and post-Soviet ethnic migration - the return of diasporas?, Anatoly Vishnevsky returning home? approaches to repatriation and migrant resettlement in post-Soviet Russia, Moya Flynn social citizenship and non-migration - the immobility of the Russian diaspora in the Baltics, Wim van Meurs today's politics and yesterday's embitterments -ethnic restructuring and its aftermath in the Baltic states, Dovile Budryte the Russian-speaking identity under the Latvian language policy, Jekaterina Dorodnova Russians abroad - citizenship and political community in Estonia and Kazakhstan, Jacqueline McLaren-Miller. Part 5 Germany - ethnic migration and diaspora existence in transition: ethnic Germans in central and eastern Europe and their return to Germany, Rainer Munz young ethnic German immigrants from the former Soviet Union -German language proficiency and its impact on integration, Heike Roll the politicization of ethnic German immigrants - the transformation of state priorities, Daniel Levy who organizes? the political opportunity structure of co-ethnic migrant mobilization, Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels. Part 6 Israel - old diasporas and new immigrants immigration and ethnicity in Israel - returning diaspora and nation-building, Moshe Semyonov and Noah Lewin-Epstein integration and social dynamic of ethnic migration - the Jews from the former Soviet Union in Israel, William Berthomiere the Russian language as a base factor - the formation of the Russian community in Israel, Marina Niznik a case study in transnationalism - Russian Jewish immigrants in Israel of the 1990s, Larissa I. Remennik the end of normality? - the diasporization of Israel?, William Safran.0010714650366

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