Migrants or Expatriates? : Americans in Europe / / by Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910963997703321
• Autore: Koppenfels Amanda Klekowski von
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014
• ISBN: 9781349334063; 1349334065; 9781137316301; 1137316306
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (349 p.)
• Collana: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship, , 2662-2602
• Classificazione: POL003000POL033000POL035000SOC007000SOC026000
• Disciplina: 305.813/04
• Soggetti: Political sociology; Ethnicity; Social policy; Migration; Constitutional law; Political Sociology; Ethnicity Studies; Social Policy; Social Structure, Social Inequality; Constitutional Law
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Introduction; Overseas Americans - Challenging Assumptions; Migration; Transnationalism; An American Diaspora?; Immigrant Integration; Transnationalism and Integration; Methods; Conclusion; 2 Profiles; Introduction; Expatriate: 'Not a Kind Term'; Lifestyle Migrants?; Counting Americans Overseas; Who Are Americans Overseas?; American Overseas Organizations; Conclusion; 3 The Accidental Migrant; Introduction; Explaining American Migration: Migration Theoretical Approach; Migration MotivationsConclusion; 4 Socio-Economic Transnationalism and Integration; Introduction; Economic Integration; Economic Transnationalism; Language Acquisition; Organizational Membership; Social Interactions/Intermarriage; Social Links Maintained with Home; Role of Technology; Socio-Cultural Transnationalism/Maintenance of Cultural Traditions; African-American-Led or - Inspired Transnational Groups; Conclusion; 5 Identity; Introduction; Categories or Identities? Expatriate, Immigrant, American Living Overseas; 'Fitting in Everywhere and Not Fitting in Anywhere at All'; The Exotic OtherAttachment: Multi-Level/-Layered Belonging; Reactive Identity; Second-Generation Identity; Conclusion; 6 Political Transnationalism and Political Engagement; Introduction; External Voting; Identity/Civic Duty; How Widespread Is Political Transnationalism?; Patterns of Engagement; Political Integration; Formal Party Structures and Partisanship; Reactive Transnationalism; Role of Technology; Implications of Political Transnationalism; Conclusion; 7 Activism in Their Own Interest; Introduction; Explaining Mobilization; Framing: That Land Is Our Land; Structure of Lobbying; Citizenship/NationalityThe Lobby for the Vote; Census; 'Love Exiles'; Financial Reporting; Other Issues; Conclusion; 8 Conclusion; Introduction; Accidental Migrant; Relationship to the United States; Future of American Emigration; Conclusion; Appendix A: Overseas American Associations; Appendix B: Lobbying; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines the migration, integration and transnational activity of overseas Americans - American migrants - in France, Germany and the UK. It examines the reasons for their migration, introduces the concept of 'accidental migrant' and explores the question of overseas Americans' integration and identity formation.