ABSTRACT
Within the growing body of literature on post-socialist transitions, most scholars have tended to focus on the interactions and encounters between post-socialist and Western states and international organizations; local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and international donors and INGOs; and post-socialist migrants with the global economy. Relatively little has been written about the interactions between the post-socialist states and societies in Central Asia and the Caucasus and their diasporas, with the notable exception of Armenia. Scholars writing about diaspora-Armenia relations in the post-Soviet period have examined how certain events in the twentieth century and prevailing diasporan political ideologies have shaped diaspora-Armenia relations and the impact of these relations on Armenia.1 This chapter builds on that body of knowledge and seeks to advance our understandings about subjectivity and agency in the Armenian diaspora, the impact of transnational diasporic activism on Armenia, and to situate this discussion within the discussions of globalization and global civil society.2
