Crisis, identity and diasporic mobilisation: perspectives from young people and parents in the Greek diaspora in England

<p dir="ltr">This chapter uses qualitative research on Greeks in the Midlands region of England to examine how young Greeks aged 11–25 and parents in diaspora perceive Greece and the post-2009 economic and political crisis there and how this relates to young people’s increasingly diverse and complex identities. It also uses the perspectives of parents to explore how such linkages to and perceptions of Greece in crisis form part of current and future propensity to be involved in homeland-oriented diaspora mobilisation. However, it also comments on how young people’s views of the crisis in Greece are also framed within more global notions of crisis, hence stressing the importance of multiple and more plural cultural and political loyalties.</p>