Twelfth Global Studies Conference

Abstract

There is an emerging need to extend our thinking about diplomacy beyond state-centric perspectives. My point of departure is to explore global politics and migrant activism through the transformations and challenges of diplomacy in a globalized world. Focusing on the literature on new diplomacy and global sociology, I identify new sociopolitical formations for diplomacy through migrant activism. Focusing on the agent, but interacting dynamically with structures, I present a theoretical debate and analytical tool for identifying and analyzing the emergence and practices of migrant diplomacies as an expression of contemporary global politics. I highlight a case study from North America as evidence of how these kinds of alternative diplomacies are emerging and operating as part of globalized societies.