IMMIGRANTS AND HOMELAND

Sadržaj: I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS Vlado Šakić: Overview on Contemporary Migration Processes Demetrios G. Papademetriou: Dubrovnik Conference Paper Marin Sopta: Return to the Homeland: the Building of a State II. GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES Irena Omelaniuk: The Socio-economic Effects of Diaspora Return. The IOM Experience Peter Schatzer: Returning Home to Build the State Rex Brynen: Diaspora Populations and Security Issues in Host Countries III. NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES CROATIA Mate Meštrović: American Foreign Policy and the Croat Struggle for Freedom Branko Salaj: Critical Reflections About Relations Between Homeland and Diaspora Ivan Čizmić: Croatian Diaspora’s Representation in Parliament: Affirmative or Negative? Stipe Hrkać: Financial Support from Diaspora CANADA Roy Norton: The Changing Faces of Canada: Newly-immigrated Ethnic Minorities and the Canadian Foreign Policy-making Process, 1984-1993 Daphne Winland: Session - Diasporic Influence on Host Country Domestic Political Activity: Croatians in Canada or Croatian-Canadians? ISRAEL Gustavo S. Mesch: Perceptions of Discrimination and the Voting Patterns of Immigrants from the FSU in Israel Shmuel Adler: Training and Retraining Programs in Israel MEXICO Juan Hernández: Mexico’s Diaspora and its Democratic Transition Mario Riestra Venegas: Migration and Development Omar de la Torre, Julie Weise: The Financial Contribution of Mexico’s Diaspora and Relevant Government Policies PORTUGAL Fernando Nunes: Integration or Return? Towards an Effective Emigration Policy and Practice for a Neglected Diaspora: The Case of the Portuguese Emigrants Howard Duncan: Closing Remarks