Theoretical Article

The Understanding of Democracy as a Measure of Integration: An Examination of the Change in Integration Discourse Around the Democracy Debate Based on the Case of the Turkish Diaspora in Germany

Volume: 3 Number: 1 April 3, 2023
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The Understanding of Democracy as a Measure of Integration: An Examination of the Change in Integration Discourse Around the Democracy Debate Based on the Case of the Turkish Diaspora in Germany

Abstract

This article discusses the intensified debate about people of Turkish origin in Germany in the context of speculations about deviating understandings of democracy among the Turkish diasporas. Based on the thesis that a change in German integration discourse from measurable material achievements of the migrant community to immaterial aspects of adaptation with regard to norms and values is taking place, an argument for a discourse-theoretical perception of this debate is developed, whereby existing forms of the negatively connoted foreign construction of the community of Turkish origin are discussed.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Political Science

Journal Section

Theoretical Article

Publication Date

April 3, 2023

Submission Date

January 30, 2023

Acceptance Date

March 5, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 3 Number: 1

APA
Söylemez, S. (2023). The Understanding of Democracy as a Measure of Integration: An Examination of the Change in Integration Discourse Around the Democracy Debate Based on the Case of the Turkish Diaspora in Germany. Turkish Journal of Diaspora Studies, 3(1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.52241/TJDS.2023.0051
AMA
1.Söylemez S. The Understanding of Democracy as a Measure of Integration: An Examination of the Change in Integration Discourse Around the Democracy Debate Based on the Case of the Turkish Diaspora in Germany. TJDS. 2023;3(1):1-23. doi:10.52241/TJDS.2023.0051
Chicago
Söylemez, Seçkin. 2023. “The Understanding of Democracy As a Measure of Integration: An Examination of the Change in Integration Discourse Around the Democracy Debate Based on the Case of the Turkish Diaspora in Germany”. Turkish Journal of Diaspora Studies 3 (1): 1-23. https://doi.org/10.52241/TJDS.2023.0051.
EndNote
Söylemez S (April 1, 2023) The Understanding of Democracy as a Measure of Integration: An Examination of the Change in Integration Discourse Around the Democracy Debate Based on the Case of the Turkish Diaspora in Germany. Turkish Journal of Diaspora Studies 3 1 1–23.
IEEE
[1]S. Söylemez, “The Understanding of Democracy as a Measure of Integration: An Examination of the Change in Integration Discourse Around the Democracy Debate Based on the Case of the Turkish Diaspora in Germany”, TJDS, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 1–23, Apr. 2023, doi: 10.52241/TJDS.2023.0051.
ISNAD
Söylemez, Seçkin. “The Understanding of Democracy As a Measure of Integration: An Examination of the Change in Integration Discourse Around the Democracy Debate Based on the Case of the Turkish Diaspora in Germany”. Turkish Journal of Diaspora Studies 3/1 (April 1, 2023): 1-23. https://doi.org/10.52241/TJDS.2023.0051.
JAMA
1.Söylemez S. The Understanding of Democracy as a Measure of Integration: An Examination of the Change in Integration Discourse Around the Democracy Debate Based on the Case of the Turkish Diaspora in Germany. TJDS. 2023;3:1–23.
MLA
Söylemez, Seçkin. “The Understanding of Democracy As a Measure of Integration: An Examination of the Change in Integration Discourse Around the Democracy Debate Based on the Case of the Turkish Diaspora in Germany”. Turkish Journal of Diaspora Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, Apr. 2023, pp. 1-23, doi:10.52241/TJDS.2023.0051.
Vancouver
1.Seçkin Söylemez. The Understanding of Democracy as a Measure of Integration: An Examination of the Change in Integration Discourse Around the Democracy Debate Based on the Case of the Turkish Diaspora in Germany. TJDS. 2023 Apr. 1;3(1):1-23. doi:10.52241/TJDS.2023.0051

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