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DR Kristin Surak's Outputs (20)

Millionaire Mobility and the Sale of Citizenship (2020)
Journal Article
Surak, K. (2021). Millionaire Mobility and the Sale of Citizenship. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 47(1), 166-189. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2020.1758554

Why do wealthy people purchase citizenship in peripheral countries? This article investigates the demand for citizenship by investment programmes, which enable naturalisation based on a donation or financial investment. Extending research on long-dis... Read More about Millionaire Mobility and the Sale of Citizenship.

Migration Industries and the State: Guestwork Programs in East Asia (2018)
Journal Article
Surak, K. (2018). Migration Industries and the State: Guestwork Programs in East Asia. International Migration Review, 52(2), 487-523. https://doi.org/10.1111/imre.12308

Studies of migration industries have demonstrated the critical role that border-spanning businesses play in international mobility. To date, most research has focused on meso-level entrepreneurial initiatives that operate in a legal gray area under a... Read More about Migration Industries and the State: Guestwork Programs in East Asia.

Rupture and Rhythm: A Phenomenology of National Experiences (2017)
Journal Article
Surak, K. (2017). Rupture and Rhythm: A Phenomenology of National Experiences. Sociological Theory, 35(4), 312-333. https://doi.org/10.1177/0735275117740403

This article investigates how people make sense of ruptures in the flow of everyday life as they enter new experiential domains. Shifts in being-in-time create breaks in the natural attitude that offer the opportunity to register national—or, for exa... Read More about Rupture and Rhythm: A Phenomenology of National Experiences.

At the Margins of Multiculturalism: Assessing Kymlicka’s Liberal Multiculturalism in Japan (2017)
Journal Article
Surak, K. (2017). At the Margins of Multiculturalism: Assessing Kymlicka’s Liberal Multiculturalism in Japan. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 23(2), 227-239. https://doi.org/10.1080/13537113.2017.1311144

Will Kymlicka's theories of multiculturalism have gained wide interest in the West but only recently have been applied beyond it. This research note assesses whether a Kymlickian approach provides traction for grasping the configuration of nondominan... Read More about At the Margins of Multiculturalism: Assessing Kymlicka’s Liberal Multiculturalism in Japan.

Gastarbeiter: Una Taxonomía (2014)
Journal Article
Surak, K. (2014). Gastarbeiter: Una Taxonomía

Spanish translation of "Guestworker Regimes: A Taxonomy"

Re-Selling Japan (2014)
Journal Article
Surak, K. (2014). Re-Selling Japan. New left review, 139-149

Die Gastarbeiter (2013)
Journal Article
Surak, K. (2013). Die Gastarbeiter. Merkur, 1024-1035

Guestworkers: A Taxonomy (2013)
Journal Article
Surak, K. (2013). Guestworkers: A Taxonomy. New left review, 84-102

Though a global phenomenon, guest-worker programs have not yet been analyzed in broad regional comparison. Examining the temporary labor migration schemes in the areas where they have taken strongest hold – Southern Africa, North America, Europe, the... Read More about Guestworkers: A Taxonomy.

Nation-Work: A Praxeology of Making and Maintaining Nations (2012)
Journal Article
Surak, K. (2012). Nation-Work: A Praxeology of Making and Maintaining Nations. European Journal of Sociology, 53(2), 171-204. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003975612000094

This article bridges the literatures on nationalist projects and everyday nationhood by elucidating a repertoire of actions shared by both. Analysis of such “nation-work” contributes to the cognitive turn in ethnicity and nationalism research by show... Read More about Nation-Work: A Praxeology of Making and Maintaining Nations.

From Selling Tea to Selling Japaneseness: Symbolic Power and the Nationalization of Cultural Practices (2011)
Journal Article
Surak, K. (2011). From Selling Tea to Selling Japaneseness: Symbolic Power and the Nationalization of Cultural Practices. European Journal of Sociology, 52(2), 175-208. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003975611000087

This article investigates how institutions of cultural production become invested in the national meanings of their products and employ these associations for their own reproduction and expansion. The case I take is of the tea ceremony in Japan, from... Read More about From Selling Tea to Selling Japaneseness: Symbolic Power and the Nationalization of Cultural Practices.

El Negocio de la Pertenencia (2010)
Journal Article
Surak, K. (2010). El Negocio de la Pertenencia

Spanish translation of "The Business of Belonging"

The Business of Belonging (2010)
Journal Article
Surak, K. (2010). The Business of Belonging. New left review, 151-159

A critical review of Ethnicity, Inc by Jean and John Comaroff

Convergence in Foreigners' Rights and Citizenship Policy? A Look at Japan (2008)
Journal Article
Surak, K. (2008). Convergence in Foreigners' Rights and Citizenship Policy? A Look at Japan. International Migration Review, 42(3), 550-575. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-7379.2008.00137.x

Citizenship laws and immigrant rights in rich, democratic countries are widely understood to be converging. Since most accounts of convergence are based on Western examples, Japan is an important test case. I distinguish three theoretical accounts of... Read More about Convergence in Foreigners' Rights and Citizenship Policy? A Look at Japan.