ABSTRACT

Diasporas play a key role in universal norm transfer processes, mainly through transnational political activism. For decades, Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora activists have been drawing attention to injustices in the home country by and applying liberal, cosmopolitan normative frameworks. The use of these frameworks helps these actors to advance their transnational political goals and to cultivate transnational political networks that aid in advancing their struggles to influence positive change in Sri Lanka. In the current post-liberal phase of international politics, the main architects of the liberal, cosmopolitan international norms, who previously supported their implementation, have started to abandon them. This turnaround has tragically coincided with an increasingly hostile reception to these norms in Sri Lanka, home of the Tamil diaspora. This article examines how the recent retraction of and reaction to international norms in international and national politics is reshaping Tamil diasporic transnational political activism and transnational-national political relationships.

摘要

侨民在普遍规范转移过程中发挥着关键作用，主要是通过跨国政治活动。几十年来，斯里兰卡的泰米尔侨民活动家一直在通过并应用自由的、世界性的规范框架来引起人们对本国不公正现象的关注。这些框架的使用有助于这些参与者推进他们的跨国政治目标，并培养跨国政治网络，帮助他们推进影响斯里兰卡积极变革的斗争。在当前国际政治的后自由主义阶段，以前支持其实施的自由主义、世界性国际规范的主要设计者已经开始放弃它们。这种转变不幸地恰逢泰米尔侨民的故乡斯里兰卡对这些规范越来越充满敌意。