Transnational Politics

The case of Turks and Kurds in Germany
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-415-26586-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 443 g

Reihe: Routledge Research in Transnationalism

Using the Turkish and Kurdish communities in Germany as a case study, this book offers a unique analysis of trans-state political loyalties and activities of transnational communities and their political ramifications at both national and international levels.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Østergaard-Nielsen, Eva

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Migrants' Transnational Claim-Making: Rethinking Concepts and Theories 3. Migration, Transnational Spaces and German-Turkish Relations 4. Between Homeland Political and Immigrant Political Mobilization 5. From Confrontational to Multi-Layered Strategies: Turkish and Kurdish Information Campaigns in Germany 6. Thresholds of Tolerance: Turkish Politics within German Political Institutions 7. From 'Remittance Machines' to 'Euro Turks': Turkey's Changing Perception of Turkish Citizens Abroad 8. Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Eva Østergaard-Nielsen is Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of International Relations, London School of Economics and Politics. She has published on the subject of diasporas and the political participation of migrants