The Contexts of Diaspora Citizenship Somali Communities in Finland and the United States /

The Contexts of Diaspora Citizenship Somali Communities in Finland and the United States /

This book explores the social participation, identification and transnational practices of Somalis living in Finland and the United States. Through a multifaceted collection of chapters which are based on data ranging from legislation and policy documents to welfare indicators and interviews, this b...

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Other Authors: Armila, Päivi (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Kananen, Marko (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Kontkanen, Yasemin (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:International Perspectives on Migration, 17
Subjects:
Emigration and immigration.
Citizenship-Sociological aspects.
Migration.
Sociology of Citizenship.
Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • PROLOGUE
  • Part I: INTRODUCTION: ABOUT THIS COLLECTION
  • Part II: PERSPECTIVES TO DIASPORA CITIZENSHIPS: CONTEXTS 1. Facts and Figures: Somalis in Finland and in the United States Marko Kananen & Ville-Samuli Haverinen 2. The Newest African-Americans?:Somali Struggles for Belonging Cawo M. Abdi 3.Mainstream or Margins? How Somalis Perceive Their Status and Possibilities in Finnish and American Societies? Marko Kananen 4. The Call of the Homeland: "My Relationship to Somalia is Difficult to Explain" Marko Kananen
  • Part III: ACTING AS DIASPORA CITIZENS: AGENCIES 5. Subject, Object, Predicate? Somali Migrants' Subject Positions in a Local Finnish Integration Scene Päivi Armila & Yasemin Kontkanen 6. Somalis In America's Heartland: Columbus,Ohio Stefanie Chambers 7. Integration, Finnish Somalis and Their Right to Everyday Life Tiina Sotkasiira 8. Somali Diaspora Women and Sense of Identity and Belonging Habon Abdulle 9.Diaspora Citizenship: Silenced, Stigmatized, Outlying - and Campaigning Päivi Armila & Yasemin Kontkanen Part IV: STUDYING DIASPORA CITIZENSHIP: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL NOTIONS 10. Of Premises for Cross-National Comparisons 11. Notions about Cross-National Comparative Social Sciences and the Societal Role of Researchers Ville-Samuli Haverinen
  • EPILOGUE
  • ABOUT THE AUTHORS. .

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