Beyond Dutch Borders
Transnational Politics among Colonial Migrants, Guest Workers and the Second Generation
Distributed for Amsterdam University Press
256 pages
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6 x 9
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© 2010
- Contents
Table of Contents
Contents
Tables
Figures
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
Transnationalism in migration studies
The emergence and evolution of transnational politics
Transnational actors, activities and ties
Surinamese, Turkish and Kurdish migrants in the Netherlands
2. Individual transnationalists
Respondents’ backgrounds
Interest in Dutch and homeland politics
Societal participation
Electoral sympathies
From mother to daughter, father to son?
Opportunities in the Netherlands
Conclusion
3. Migrant organisations and transnational politics
Civil society, networks and political participation
Surinamese organisational networks in the Netherlands
Turkish and Kurdish organisational networks in the Netherlands
Conclusion
4. Surinam: Student activism to transnational party politics
Political history
Returnees
Military rule
Post-colonial democracy
Conclusion
5. Turkey: Labour migration to transnational party politics
The political landscape
Transnational party politics
Diş Türkler (‘Turks abroad’)
Turkish-Dutch politicians
Conclusion
6. Kurdish diaspora politics
The rise of Kurdish nationalism
Illegal Kurdish parties
Pro-Kurdish and Kurdish parties
PKK mobilisation in Europe
Kurdish parties in the Netherlands
Conclusion
7. Conclusion: Looking both ways
Surinamese
Turks
Kurds
Explaining transnational politics
Appendices
Appendix A: Methodology
Appendix B: Surinamese political parties
Appendix C: Family trees of Turkish and Kurdish political parties, 1920s–2005
Notes
References
Index
Figures
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
Transnationalism in migration studies
The emergence and evolution of transnational politics
Transnational actors, activities and ties
Surinamese, Turkish and Kurdish migrants in the Netherlands
2. Individual transnationalists
Respondents’ backgrounds
Interest in Dutch and homeland politics
Societal participation
Electoral sympathies
From mother to daughter, father to son?
Opportunities in the Netherlands
Conclusion
3. Migrant organisations and transnational politics
Civil society, networks and political participation
Surinamese organisational networks in the Netherlands
Turkish and Kurdish organisational networks in the Netherlands
Conclusion
4. Surinam: Student activism to transnational party politics
Political history
Returnees
Military rule
Post-colonial democracy
Conclusion
5. Turkey: Labour migration to transnational party politics
The political landscape
Transnational party politics
Diş Türkler (‘Turks abroad’)
Turkish-Dutch politicians
Conclusion
6. Kurdish diaspora politics
The rise of Kurdish nationalism
Illegal Kurdish parties
Pro-Kurdish and Kurdish parties
PKK mobilisation in Europe
Kurdish parties in the Netherlands
Conclusion
7. Conclusion: Looking both ways
Surinamese
Turks
Kurds
Explaining transnational politics
Appendices
Appendix A: Methodology
Appendix B: Surinamese political parties
Appendix C: Family trees of Turkish and Kurdish political parties, 1920s–2005
Notes
References
Index
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