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Diaspora Volunteering and Development in Nepal

01 Jan 2013-pp 162-175
TL;DR: The growth of the Nepali diaspora community in the West is a relatively new phenomena taking place over the last two-and-a-half decades as discussed by the authors, which has largely been influenced by various migration policies adopted by different countries, such as the Diversity Visa (DV) adopted by the United States, the point-based immigration systems of skilled migrants adopted by Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom and the student visa opportunities in different colleges and universities in Europe, North America and Oceania.
Abstract: Although the Nepalese have a long tradition of emigration to neighbouring lands, the growth of the Nepali diaspora community in the West is a relatively new phenomena taking place over the last two-and-a-half decades. This growth has largely been influenced by various migration policies adopted by different countries, such as the Diversity Visa (DV) adopted by the United States, the point-based immigration systems of skilled migrants adopted by Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom and the student visa opportunities in different colleges and universities in Europe, North America and Oceania. Student migration is seen as a key pathway to permanent settlement and the formation of diaspora community in the West. Another prominent group of Nepali diaspora is the ex-Gurkha soldiers and their families who are settled in the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong.
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01 Jun 2017
TL;DR: The authors examines the causes of grassroots organizing in support of distant rebel groups, focusing on the mass mobilization of grassroots activists who have no ethnic tie to the distant rebels they support, referred to these mobilizations as "mass solidarity mobilizations".
Abstract: This dissertation examines the causes of grassroots organizing in support of distant rebel groups. In most discussions of this kind of transnational activism, scholars often focus on the mobilization of ethnic kin, or diasporas. By contrast, I focus on the mass mobilization of grassroots activists who have no ethnic tie to the distant rebels they support. I refer to these mobilizations as “mass solidarity mobilizations.” The emergence of these mobilizations is puzzling given not only that those who make them up often have weak historical, cultural and material ties to the distant rebels they support, but also that only some rebels but not others receive this kind of external assistance. Why do mass solidarity mobilizations form in support of some distant rebels but not others? This question matters since these mobilizations can shape distant intra-state conflicts by influencing third-party state policies and distant rebel resistance strategies. Contrary to most recent scholarship which focuses on how distant rebels frame their cause internationally and on international gatekeeper NGO advocacy, I focus on rebel recruitment strategies abroad. Drawing on more than 150 interviews with solidarity

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Dissertation
01 Jun 2017
TL;DR: The authors examines the causes of grassroots organizing in support of distant rebel groups, focusing on the mass mobilization of grassroots activists who have no ethnic tie to the distant rebels they support, referred to these mobilizations as "mass solidarity mobilizations".
Abstract: This dissertation examines the causes of grassroots organizing in support of distant rebel groups. In most discussions of this kind of transnational activism, scholars often focus on the mobilization of ethnic kin, or diasporas. By contrast, I focus on the mass mobilization of grassroots activists who have no ethnic tie to the distant rebels they support. I refer to these mobilizations as “mass solidarity mobilizations.” The emergence of these mobilizations is puzzling given not only that those who make them up often have weak historical, cultural and material ties to the distant rebels they support, but also that only some rebels but not others receive this kind of external assistance. Why do mass solidarity mobilizations form in support of some distant rebels but not others? This question matters since these mobilizations can shape distant intra-state conflicts by influencing third-party state policies and distant rebel resistance strategies. Contrary to most recent scholarship which focuses on how distant rebels frame their cause internationally and on international gatekeeper NGO advocacy, I focus on rebel recruitment strategies abroad. Drawing on more than 150 interviews with solidarity

8 citations