CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Yasar, Rusen |
|---|---|
| Title | Exploring Normative Theories of Democratic Citizenship: The Case of Turkish Emigrants in Germany |
| Summary | The aim of this study is to scrutinise, with a focus on Rainer Bauböck’s stakeholder principle, whether the assumptions of normative approaches are always present in the complexity of transnational relations. It shall be argued that the very need to assess migrants’ citizenship claims will disappear if their choices can be taken as the strongest indicator of their genuine links to respective polities since a liberal perspective must prioritise individual preferences. The case of Turkish emigrants in Germany will be used to show that, in the current constellation shaped by German optional model and Turkish toleration for the transmission of citizenship abroad, the choice of the citizenship of one polity is made under the circumstances of equivalent costs-benefits for both sides, hence, migrants themselves must be seen as the ultimate authority to interpret their objective conditions. After reviewing the literatures of transnationalism and normative theories of democratic citizenship and formulating the central thesis against this background, the empirical parts will present the Turkish-German case emphasising the salience of the (non) recognition of dual citizenship and the decisive role of German citizenship regime. The dissertation will be concluded following a discussion of the applicability of the normative approach to the case. |
| Supervisor | Pogonyi, Szabolcs |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/yasar_rusen.pdf |
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