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Migrants or Expatriates? [[electronic resource] ] : Americans in Europe / / by Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels



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Autore: Koppenfels Amanda Klekowski von Visualizza persona
Titolo: Migrants or Expatriates? [[electronic resource] ] : Americans in Europe / / by Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (349 p.)
Disciplina: 305.813/04
Soggetto topico: Political sociology
Ethnicity
Social policy
Migration
Constitutional law
Political Sociology
Ethnicity Studies
Social Policy
Social Structure, Social Inequality
Constitutional Law
Soggetto geografico: Europe Emigration and immigration History 21st century
United States Emigration and immigration History 21st century
Classificazione: POL003000POL033000POL035000SOC007000SOC026000
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Migrants or Expatriates  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-349-33406-5
1-137-31630-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910791081903321
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Serie: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship, . 2662-2602