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U.S. War Resisters’ Quest for Refuge in Canada

A Comparative Study of Vietnam and Afghanistan/Iraq War Resisters’ Migration Experiences

Sarah J. Grünendahl (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XVII, 297 Seiten

2022 | 1st ed. 2022
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH (Verlag)
978-3-658-37839-4 (ISBN)

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When U.S. war resisters turned to Canada as refuge during the Vietnam War and the Afghanistan/Iraq Wars, they not only hoped to forestall deployment to a combat zone but also to build new lives and make a new home abroad. In her empirical study, Sarah J. Grünendahl explores and juxtaposes how well the two war resister 'generations' have been able to establish themselves after all and to what extent they partake in Canadian society.

The comparison is instructive for migration and refugee studies altogether: The war resisters in the sample, unlike many other migrant populations, did not have to contend with language and cultural barriers in their destination country, given similarities between the United States and Canada. Sarah J. Grünendahl's research thus allows for an analysis of the effects of residency on migrants' adaptation and participation in the receiving society, isolated from these two common barriers. Further, the study sheds light on how refugees and non-citizens canemploy civic engagement to claim a place for themselves and overcome societal exclusion.

lt;p>About the author

Sarah J. Grünendahl is research assistant at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies at the University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf and earned her doctorate in Political Science at the University of Siegen. Her research interests include migration and refugee studies, the effects of legal status on migrants' incorporation, and the nexus between societal participation, place (attachment) and identity.

Introduction.- Migration.- Citizenship.- Belonging.- South of the 49th Parallel: United States.- North of the 49th Parallel: Canada.- 'The World's Longest Undefended Border:' Canada-U.S. Relations.- Methodological Selection.- Study.- The Vietnam War Resisters.- The Afghanistan/Iraq War Resisters.- Discussion.- Coclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	02.09.2022
Reihe/Serie	Studien zur Migrations- und Integrationspolitik
Zusatzinfo	XVII, 297 p. 5 illus., 4 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Wiesbaden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	415 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
Schlagworte	acts of citizenship • Canada • Citizenship • forced migration • Grounded Theory • Homo sacer • Liminality • Migrant incorporation • place attachment and placemaking • protracted displacement • Refugees • self- and identity • Self and Identity • Social Sciences • societal participation • Third space • Vietnam War • War on Terrorism • war resistance and desertion
ISBN-10	3-658-37839-5 / 3658378395
ISBN-13	978-3-658-37839-4 / 9783658378394
Zustand	Neuware