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Record Nr.

UNINA9910799944903321

Autore

Østergaard-Nielsen Eva <1969->

Titolo

Trans-state loyalties and policies : Turks and Kurds in Germany / / Eva Ostergaard-Nielsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003

ISBN

0-203-36162-8

1-280-07330-6

1-138-98597-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 pages)

Collana

Transnationalism. Transnational politics

Disciplina

305.89/435043/09049

Soggetti

Turks - Germany - Social conditions

Kurds - Germany - Social conditions

Germany Ethnic relations

Germany Emigration and immigration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Migrants' transnational claims-making: rethinking concepts and theories; Migration, transnational spaces, and German-Turkish relations; Between homeland political and immigrant political mobilization; From confrontational to multi-layered strategies: Turkish and Kurdish information campaigns in Germany; Thresholds of tolerance: Turkish politics within German political institutions; From 'remittance machines' to 'Euro Turks': Turkey's changing perceptions of Turkish citizens abroad; Conclusions; Table and figures. MethodologyMigrant associations, political parties, and state agencies with whom interviews were conducted; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Examining the Turkish and Kurdish communities in Germany, this book analyses trans-state political loyalties and activities of transnational communities and their national and international political ramifications.