THE JOURNAL OF POLITICAL STUDIES
VOL. 1
DECEMBER 2013
NO. 1
ARTICLES
DIASPORIC LAW: THE POLITICS OF INDIAN TRANSNATIONAL
CITIZENSHIP IN GERMANY
Pavan Krishnamurthy*
*Pavan Krishnamurthy is an MSc candidate at the London School of Economics in the International Relations (Research) program. He graduated from Northwestern University with a BA in Political Science and Legal Studies, minoring in Business Institutions and Asian American Studies.
The study of "transnational citizenship" is varied and growing. Today, scholars are beginning to see diasporas as their own regimes, and with that comes a complex set of international frameworks. This paper analyses the Indian Diaspora within the German nation-state. Due to their historical interaction and the consideration of Turkish model framwork, this particular case study attempts to illuminate the: (1) international relations of diasporas, (2) economics of migration, and (3) critical legal theory.
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