Transnational Politics: The Case of Turks and Kurds in Germany

ISBN-13: 9780415265867 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 192 str.

Dr Eva Ostergaard-Nielsen

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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