How and why do right-wing populist parties engage in diaspora outreach? This article uses populism as a lens through to study diaspora engagement, and compares strategies used by right-wing parties in power (Turkey’s AKP and India’s BJP) to access their diasporas. While we find that polarising and civilisationist discourses are adopted in both cases for uniting the diaspora behind the populist in power, we argue that these strategies are implemented for different purposes. In the Turkish case, the promotion of Turkish and Sunni-Muslim identification serves the purpose of garnering electoral support behind the ruling party, while in the Indian case, identification with Hindutva is used to achieve the financial and developmental goals of the ruling party. By comparing outreach strategies through the analysis of policies and practices employed by the parties as well as the activities of their diasporic organisations, the article contributes to debates on party-led diaspora engagement.

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民粹主义侨民参与

右翼民粹主义政党如何以及为何参与侨民外展活动？本文使用民粹主义作为研究侨民参与的镜头，并比较右翼执政政党使用的策略（土耳其的AKP和印度的人民党) 访问他们的侨民。虽然我们发现在这两种情况下都采用了两极分化和文明主义的话语来团结民粹主义当权者背后的侨民，但我们认为这些策略是为了不同的目的而实施的。在土耳其案例中，促进土耳其和逊尼派穆斯林的认同是为了获得支持执政党的选举支持，而在印度案例中，对印度教的认同是为了实现执政党的财政和发展目标。通过分析政党采用的政策和做法以及侨民组织的活动来比较外展策略，本文有助于就政党主导的侨民参与进行辩论。