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The Contexts of Diaspora Citizenship

Somali Communities in Finland and the United States

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Editors:
  1. Päivi Armila

    1. Department of Social Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland

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  2. Marko Kananen

    1. Juvenia – Youth Research and Development Centre, South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences, Mikkeli, Finland

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  3. Yasemin Kontkanen

    1. Department of Social Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland

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  • Explores how different social, political and legal orders influence the life-courses and well-being of migrant populations
  • Provides new and critical insights on conducting comparative migration research in an international setting
  • Describes one of the largest diaspora populations

Part of the book series: International Perspectives on Migration (IPMI, volume 17)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  4. Part III

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
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    2. Of Premises for Cross-National Comparisons

      • Ville-Samuli Haverinen
      Pages 191-220

    3. Notions About Cross-National Comparative Social Sciences and the Societal Role of Researchers

      • Päivi Armila, Jussi Ronkainen
      Pages 221-228

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 229-231
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About this book

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 book explores how Somali migrants experience and explore their identities and belongings, and how they strive for participation as (diaspora) citizens of their sending and receiving societies. The case studies are conducted in two countries that differ greatly in terms of their social system, migration history and integration policies and as such they provide an opportunity to explore how different social, political and legal orders influence the life-courses and wellbeing of migrant populations. Furthermore, the book highlights how the fate of the Somalis as a global diaspora is routinely intertwined with the changes in the global political climate and the state-level political processes reflecting it. This book will be of great interest to researchers, students and lecturers of migration and diaspora, as well as individuals working with (Somali) migrants.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Social Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland

    Päivi Armila, Yasemin Kontkanen

  • Juvenia – Youth Research and Development Centre, South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences, Mikkeli, Finland

    Marko Kananen

About the editors

Päivi Armila, PhD, works as a university lecturer for sociology at the University of Eastern Finland and as an adjunct professor for Sociology of Education at the University of Tampere. Her research interests deal with social inequality defined by age, ethnicity, and place of residence.

Marko Kananen, PhD, is a researcher at Juvenia – Youth Research and Development Centre at the South Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences. His research interests include immigration, civic participation and transnational identities.

Yasemin Kontkanen is a PhD candidate in the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Eastern Finland. Her current research focus is Somali entrepreneurs in Finland and in the United States where her research interests are societal membership of immigrants, diasporic identities and entrepreneurship.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Contexts of Diaspora Citizenship

  • Book Subtitle: Somali Communities in Finland and the United States

  • Editors: Päivi Armila, Marko Kananen, Yasemin Kontkanen

  • Series Title: International Perspectives on Migration

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94490-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-94489-0Published: 08 November 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06862-2Published: 03 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-94490-6Published: 24 October 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2214-9805

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-9813

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 231

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Migration, Sociology of Citizenship

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