Komparativna analiza političkog i ekonomskog utjecaja hrvatske dijaspore u Latinskoj Americi i Australiji

master's thesis

• Title (english): Comparative Analysis of the Political and Economic Influence of Croatian Diaspora in Latin America and Australia
• Author: Ivica Galić
• Mentor: Lidija Kos-Stanišić (mentor)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; The Faculty of Political Science; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2018-09-19, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political Science

Abstract

Rad analizira koliko i na koji način hrvatska dijaspora u Latinskoj Americi i Australiji ima utjecaja na politiku te ekonomiju tih područja. Analiza je nastala radi upoznavanja doprinosa tih iseljeničkih zajednica koje su nastale relativno davno, a poticaj radu je sve veća suvremena emigracija hrvatskih državljana u razvijenije države Europe i svijeta. Rad kroz zastupljenost u institucijama zakonodavne i izvršne vlasti u Australiji (savezna razina), Novom Južnom Walesu, Victoriji, Zapadnoj Australiji, Argentini, Brazilu i Čileu analizira politički utjecaj tamošnjih hrvatskih iseljeničkih zajednica. Ekonomski utjecaj, s druge strane, se analizira kroz zastupljenost pojedinaca hrvatskog porijekla na listama najutjecajnijih i najbogatijih osoba spomenutih država. Istraživanje je provedeno analizom sekundarnih izvora, i to poglavito podacima sa službenih mrežnih stranica zakonodavnih i izvršnih institucija navedenih država te saveznih država Australije. Kao vremenski interval je određeno razdoblje između 1991. i 2018. godine. Rezultati analize pokazuju kako je hrvatska zajednica, u odnosu na brojnost i udio u ukupnom broju stanovnika analiziranih država, iznimno politički i ekonomski utjecajna. Rezultati također pokazuju kako je u slučaju hrvatskih iseljeničkih zajednica potvrđena teza britanskog sociologa Cohena, koja govori kako će politički utjecaj dijaspore biti najveći ondje gdje je ona najbrojnija, a najmanji ili nepostojeći tamo gdje je najmanje brojna. Analiza pruža dobru bazu i početak za eventualna buduća i detaljnija istraživanja o spomenutoj tematici.

Abstract (english)

The paper analyzes how the Croatian diaspora in Latin America and Australia has an influence on politics and the economy of these areas. The analysis was created to get acquainted with the contributions of these emigrant communities that have been created relatively long ago, and the stimulus is the ever-increasing emigration of Croatian citizens to the more developed countries of Europe and worldwide. The paper analyzes the political influence of the existing Croatian emigrant comunities through representation in the legislative and executive institutions of Australia (federal level), New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia, Argentina, Brazil and Chile. Economic impact, on the other hand, is analyzed through the representation of individuals of Croatian descent on the lists of the most influential and richest people of the mentioned countries. The research was carried out with the analysis of secondary sources, especially from the official web pages of the legislative and executive institutions of the aforementioned states and of the Australian states. A time interval between 1991 and 2018 was defined. The results of the analysis show that the Croatian community, with regard to the number and the share in total population in the analyzed countries, is extremely politically and economically influential. The results also show that in the case of Croatian emigrant communities the thesis of British sociologist Cohen has been confirmed, which suggests that the political influence of the Diaspora will be greatest where it is the most numerous and the smallest or non-existent where the least numerous. The analysis provides a good basis and a start for possible future and more detailed research on the topic.

• Keywords: dijaspora; politički utjecaj; ekonomski utjecaj; migracije; Australija; Latinska Amerika
• Keywords (english): diaspora; political impact; economic impact; migration; Australia; Latin America
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:114:150057
• Study programme: Title: Political Science; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra politologije (magistar/magistra politologije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2018-10-19 11:54:38