Cooperation, migration and development: Yugoslavia and the Southern Cone in the postwar period

Bernard, S. and Cosovschi, A. (2022) Cooperation, migration and development: Yugoslavia and the Southern Cone in the postwar period. In: Damilakou, M. and Papadopoulos, Y. G. S. (eds.) Migration and Development in Southern Europe and South America. Series: Routledge studies in development, mobilities and migration. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY, pp. 132-146. ISBN 9781003250401 (doi: 10.4324/10.4324/9781003250401-12)

Abstract

After the split with Stalin (1948), Yugoslavia took a turn in its internal and external policies which meant developing its own road to socialism. In foreign relations, Belgrade adopted a policy of neutrality in the competition between the West and the East. Within this context, alliances in the Global South became vital to make Yugoslav socialism a viable alternative to bloc politics. As one of the founding members of the Non-Aligned Movement, Yugoslavia gained leverage in international negotiations and created opportunities to bolster economic cooperation which could reduce its dependence on the superpower blocs. This contribution offers insight into Yugoslav attempts to establish cooperation in South America in the 1950s and 1960s, a topic which remains largely under-researched. Drawing mainly from archival sources, from the economic press and from technical reports, this contribution will investigate (the effectiveness of) Yugoslav policies towards old and new diasporas in the country’s pursuit of cooperation in the Southern Cone. Old diasporas were often constituted by economic migrants who arrived in the New Continent in search of economic opportunities, mostly at the turn of the century, while new diasporas included many political emigres who arrived after the Second World War and developed a strong oppositional activity from abroad to Yugoslav Communist authorities. Besides these, the contribution will also identify contemporary migration patterns that arose directly out of the forms of cooperation that Yugoslavia did manage to establish in the Southern Cone in the early Cold War.

• Item Type: Book Sections
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Bernard, Sara
• Authors: Bernard, S., and Cosovschi, A.
• Subjects: F History United States, Canada, Latin America > F1201 Latin America (General); H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions; H Social Sciences > HX Socialism. Communism. Anarchism; J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration; J Political Science > JZ International relations
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Central and East European Studies
• Publisher: Routledge
• ISBN: 9781003250401
• Published Online: 28 February 2022
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2022 The contributors
• First Published: First published in Migration and Development in Southern Europe and South America: 132-146
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License