Özlem Altan-Olcay, Evren Balta

The American Passport in Turkey

National Citizenship in the Age of Transnationalism

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Produktbeschreibung

The American Passport in Turkey demonstrates how U.S. global power manifests in the desires people have for U.S. citizenship, even when they do not live in the States. Based on interviews with more than one hundred individuals, it captures the transnationalized relationship between inequality and citizenship regimes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780812252156
• ISBN-10: 0812252152
• Artikelnr.: 59381999

Autorenporträt

Ozlem Altan-Olcay is Associate Professor of Political Science at Koc University. Evren Balta is Associate Professor of Political Science at Ozyegin University.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Abbreviations
Introduction. Meanings and Values of American Citizenship in a
Transnational World
Chapter 1. Imagining America in Turkey: A Historical Overview
Chapter 2. Imagining U.S. Citizenship: Risk Societies and Calculating
Mothers
Chapter 3. Transnationalized Americans: Stories of Moving Up in the World
Chapter 4. Coming Back from an American Dream: Turkish Americans in Turkey
Conclusion. A Nation of Transnational Citizens
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments