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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ostergaard-Nielsen, Eva.

Series:

Transnationalism. Transnational politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Turks--Germany--Social conditions.

Turks.

Kurds--Germany--Social conditions.

Kurds.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 pages)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-203-36162-8

1-280-07330-6

1-138-98597-X

9780203361627

OCLC:

437083505