State policy concerning compatriots residing abroad:  the concepts and priorities

Occupation: Leading Research Fellow, Department of the Human Rights, Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Tatiana A. Vasilieva

Occupation: Chief Research Fellow, Department of the Human Rights
Affiliation: Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russia

Natalia V. Kolotova

Occupation: Leading Research Fellow, Acting Head of the Human Rights Department
Affiliation: Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russia

Elena A. Sorokina

Occupation: Research Fellow, Department of the Human Rights, Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Valentina Chekharina

Occupation: Senior Research Fellow, Department of the Human Rights
Affiliation: Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russia

Journal name

Gosudarstvo i pravo

Edition

Isuue 11

Pages

55-65

Abstract

Based on a comparative analysis of the constitutions, legislation and practice of various countries, the article defines the criteria by which states identify their compatriots living abroad, the priorities of the national policy pursued in relation to them, the structures implementing it and the legal instruments through which it is implemented. The authors have formulated the conclusion that the state policy towards compatriots is aimed at providing them with legal and social protection, maintaining the national and cultural identity of diasporas, attracting their intellectual and economic capital to the national economy and culture. State policy often involves establishing special legal ties with compatriots or facilitating their return to their Motherland.

Keywords

compatriots residing abroad, state policy, diaspora, national minority, cultural identity, national conscience, nationality

Received

21.06.2021

Publication date

03.12.2021

Number of characters

39764

Cite

GOST	Varlamova N., Vasilieva T., Kolotova N., Sorokina E., Chekharina V. State policy concerning compatriots residing abroad: the concepts and priorities // Gosudarstvo i pravo – 2021. – Isuue 11 C. 55-65 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://gospravo-journal.ru/S102694520017456-2-1 (circulation date: 18.03.2025). DOI: 10.31857/S102694520017456-2
MLA	Varlamova, Natalia V, Vasilieva, Tatiana A, Kolotova, Natalia V, Sorokina, Elena A, Chekharina, Valentina "State policy concerning compatriots residing abroad: the concepts and priorities." Gosudarstvo i pravo 11 (2021):55-65. DOI: 10.31857/S102694520017456-2
APA	Varlamova N., Vasilieva T., Kolotova N., Sorokina E., Chekharina V. (2021). State policy concerning compatriots residing abroad: the concepts and priorities. Gosudarstvo i pravo (11), pp.55-65 DOI: 10.31857/S102694520017456-2

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