Abstract: The diaspora studies literature recently has indicated an expansion in state-led diaspora engagement initiatives and burgeoning diaspora governance institutions around the world. Home states have correlated concepts such as public diplomacy and soft power with these nascent incentives to cultivate and mobilize diasporas for state interests. Despite the interpretation of these developments as the expansion of citizenship rights for the diaspora and their systematic incorporation back into the home nation, some authors remain skeptical about the multifaceted motives behind such initiatives. Authoritarian states particularly employ diaspora governance as a mechanism to monitor and control diaspora groups, which home communities perceive as dissidents. Using Turkey and its recent diaspora governance policy as a case study, this article demonstrates that diaspora governance enables the state to create, depending on the context, potentially ideological and repressive transnational state apparatuses that can assume both positive and negative forms.

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语境中的积极和消散的侨民治理：从公共外交到跨国威权主义

摘要：散居国外的研究文献表明，在世界范围内，由国家主导的散居公民参与计划和散居移民管理机构正在迅速发展。母国已经将诸如公共外交和软实力等概念与这些新兴的动机相结合，以培育和动员散居海外的人为国家利益服务。尽管将这些事态发展解释为侨民的公民权的扩大以及他们有系统地并入本国，但一些作者仍对这些倡议背后的多方面动机持怀疑态度。威权国家特别采用侨民治理作为监视和控制侨民团体的机制，侨民社区将其视为异议人士。以土耳其及其最近的侨民治理政策为例，