Helping the Homeland in Troubled Times: Advocacy by Canada's Ukrainian Diaspora in the Context of Regime Change and War in Ukraine

• Autorzy: Klavdia Tatar
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This paper analyses diaspora advocacy on behalf of Ukraine as practiced by a particular diaspora group, Ukrainian Canadians, in a period of high volatility in Ukraine: from the EuroMaidan protests to the Russian invasion of Eastern Ukraine. This article seeks to add to the debate on how conflict in the homeland affects a diaspora's mobilisation and advocacy patterns. I argue that the Maidan and the war played an important role not only in mobilising and uniting disparate diaspora communities in Canada but also in producing new advocacy strategies and increasing the diaspora's political visibility. The paper begins by mapping out the diaspora players engaged in pro-Ukraine advocacy in Canada. It is followed by an analysis of the diaspora's patterns of mobilisation and a discussion of actual advocacy outcomes. The second part of the paper investigates successes in the diaspora's post-Maidan communication strategies. Evidence indicates that the diaspora's advocacy from Canada not only brought much-needed assistance to Ukraine but also contributed to strengthening its own image as an influential player. Finally, the paper suggests that political events in the homeland can serve as a mobilising factor but produce effective advocacy only when a diaspora has already achieved a high level of organisational capacity and created well-established channels via which to lobby for homeland interests. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Diaspora; Democratic society; Citizen involvement

PL

Diaspora; Społeczeństwo demokratyczne; Zaangażowanie obywateli

• Czasopismo: Central and Eastern European Migration Review
• Rocznik: 2020
• Tom: 9
• Numer: nr 2
• Strony: 35--51

Twórcy

autor

Klavdia Tatar

• University of Ottawa, Canada

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Identyfikatory

DOI

10.17467/ceemr.2020.01