The Disjunctive Politics of Vietnamese Immigrants in America from the Transnational Perspective

• Authors: Phan Hao
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper examines the politics of Vietnamese immigrants in America from the transnational perspective. Vietnamese immigrants’ politics are transnational due to two factors: their life experiences with the communists in Vietnam, and the current political situation in the home country. The impact these two factors have upon the politics of Vietnamese immigrants in America is complex. Although most Vietnamese living in America are anticommunist, they do not share the same level of hostility toward the government in Vietnam. This paper provides some insights into the complex politics of Vietnamese immigrants in America which are transnational and ‘disjunctive.’

Keywords

EN

Vietnamese Americans; Vietnamese immigrants; refugees; politics; transnationalism

• Publisher: Ośrodek Badań nad Migracjami Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego oraz Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Central and Eastern European Migration Review
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 81-95

Contributors

author

Phan Hao

• Northern Illinois University

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