Description
Historically, the Greek homeland perceived and approached Greek diasporas as sources of philanthropic funding, remittances and lobbying on matters of Greek national foreign policy interest. The economic crisis and the recent wave of migration have added new meanings and dimensions to the homeland- diaspora nexus. The significance of the momentum for the redefinition of the interaction model between homeland and diaspora lies within several reasons, such as the economic crisis and the new significant wave of migration, and the changing global context of state-diasporas engagement in terms of connectivity and communication beyond the strictly speaking state policies. Considering the above, this paper aims to unpack the modes of diasporic political engagement, by focusing on the ways and the reasons behind the diverse intensity of interaction in different times. By doing so, it will also shed light on the impact of crises on the stance of the homeland towards the Greek diaspora, and mobilisation of the diaspora and network building in a highly transnational and globalised world.
