En nation av emigranter
En studie över den salvadoranska statens förhållande till sin emigrerande befolkning samt konsekvenserna för deras medborgarskap.
EmigrationEl SalvadorExternt medborgarskapNationalstatIdentitetPolitical and administrative sciencesStatsvetenskapFörvaltningskunskapLaw and Political Science
Around the world governments reach out to their emigrant population, embracingthem as part of the nation, expecting their economic contribution. The aim of thisthesis is to examine the political strategy and governmental activities of ElSalvador with the purpose to include emigrants in the nation building project. Themain question is what consequences this has for the significance of citizenship.This case study is based on the theoretical framework of external citizenshipwhich is a new fenomena emanating from states growing interest of theirexpanding diaspora. It divides external citizenship in two parts; a legal dimensionand a practiced identity.I find that as the economic potential of salvadoreans abroad increase, theSalvadorean government makes institutional changes to tie emigrants to thenationstate. This results in the possibility for salvadoreans to remain citizens intheir country of origin, practicing their salvadorean identity at the same time asthey naturalize abroad. Also the nationstate is affected as the nation does notcorrespond with the territory of the state anymore. However, there are still areasof incorporation where external citizens and citizens resident in El Salvador arenot treated as equals as in the case of political participation.