Migrants or Expatriates? [electronic resource] : Americans in Europe /
Koppenfels, Amanda Klekowski von.author.
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.
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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
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Political sociology.
Ethnicity.
Social policy.
Migration.
Constitutional law.
Political Sociology.
Ethnicity Studies.
Social Policy.
Migration.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Constitutional Law.