The contexts of diaspora citizenship : Somali communities in Finland and the United States /: Somali communities in Finland and the United States. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Päivi Armila, Marko Kananen, Yasemin Kontkanen, editors.
• Other Names: Armila, Päivi; Kananen, Marko; Kontkanen, Yasemin
• Contents: Intro; Prologue; Contents; Contributors; About the Authors; Introduction: About This Collection; A Statement of Aims; Chapter Synopsis; Facts and Figures: Somalis in Finland and in the United States; The Newest African-Americans? Somali Struggles for Belonging; Mainstream or Margins? How Somalis Perceive Their Status and Possibilities in Finnish and American Societies?; The Call of the Homeland: 'My Relationship to Somalia Is Difficult to Explain'; Subject, Object or Predicate? Somali Migrants' Subject Positions in a Local Finnish Integration Scene Somalis in America's Heartland: Columbus, OhioIntegration, Finnish Somalis and Their Right to Everyday Life; Somali Diaspora Women and Sense of Identity and Belonging; Diaspora Citizenship: Silenced, Stigmatized, Outlying and Campaigning; Proximity to Natives: A Frame, a Resource and a Platform for Somali Entrepreneurs; Of Premises for Cross-national Comparisons; Notions About Cross-national Comparative Social Sciences and the Societal Role of Researchers; Part I Perspectives to Diaspora Citizenship: Contexts; Chapter 1: Facts and Figures: Somalis in Finland and in the United States 1.1 Introduction1.2 Legal Status; 1.3 Integration; 1.3.1 Employment; 1.3.2 Education; 1.3.3 Economic Well-Being; 1.3.4 Health and Health Care Access; 1.3.5 Housing; 1.3.6 Participation in Decision-Making Communities and Organizations; 1.4 Conclusions; References; Chapter 2: The Newest African-Americans?: Somali Struggles for Belonging; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Migration Waves: Assimilation, Alienation, and In-between; 2.3 Portrait: Somali Migration to America; 2.4 Refugee Status, Family Obligations, and Relative Poverty; 2.5 Federal and State Refugee Assistance Laws; 2.6 Conclusion; References Chapter 3: Mainstream or Margins? How Somalis Perceive Their Status and Possibilities in Finnish and American Societies?3.1 Background and Introduction; 3.2 Questions, Data and Methodological Considerations; 3.3 Discrimination against Somalis According to Existing Research and Statistics; 3.4 Findings; 3.4.1 Identifications: I'm Somali/I'm Going to Make This Country Home; 3.4.2 Immigration: We all Came from Somewhere / you Still Remain Immigrant; 3.4.3 Race: It's Up to You/I'm Not Blonde; 3.4.4 Religion: It's a Bad Time/Such a Contradictory Topic 3.5 Concluding Remarks: You Just Work Hard / Find a Solution TogetherReferences; Chapter 4: The Call of the Homeland: "My Relationship to Somalia Is Difficult to Explain"; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Findings; 4.2.1 The Call of the Homeland; 4.2.2 The Constructive Call; 4.2.3 The Utopian Call; 4.2.4 The Destructive Call; 4.3 The Antidotes of the Call; 4.4 Concluding Remarks; References; Part II: Acting As Diaspora Citizens: Agencies; Chapter 5: Subject, Object, Predicate? Somali Migrants' Subject Positions in a Local Finnish Integration Scene; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Frame: Welcome to My World...?; 5.3 With Me or Under My Rule?
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 305.893/54; Social sciences; Somali diaspora; Somalis -- Finland; Somalis -- United States; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies; Somali diaspora; Somalis; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Sociology; Migration; Citizenship—Sociological aspects; Social Science -- Emigration & Immigration; Migration, immigration & emigration; Finland; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 3319944908; 9783319944906
• Related ISBNs: 3319944894; 9783319944890
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 02, 2019).
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