VATANDAŞLIK SINAVLARININ POSTMODERN SÖYLEM ANALİZİ: AMERİKA BİRLEŞİK DEVLETLERİ VE BİRLEŞİK KRALLIK ÖRNEKLERİ

Year 2017, Volume: 25 Issue: 2, 103 - 130, 27.12.2017

Elçin İstif

https://doi.org/10.29228/mjes.51

Abstract

Vatandaşlık sınavları devletler tarafından göç ve vatandaşlığa kabul politikalarının bir aracı olarak kullanılmaktadır. Bu çalışmada gelişmişlik düzeyleri ile göçmen ve vatandaşlık taleplerinin yoğunluğu dolayısıyla dünyada en çok göç alan ülkelerden olan Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ve Birleşik Krallık’ın ‘vatandaşlık kabulünün giriş kapısı’ olarak görülen vatandaşlık sınavlarının uluslararası perspektifte değişimini dikkate alan söylemsel bir analizi yapılacaktır. Ülkelerin bu sınavlarda sorduğu sorularda kullandıkları dil ve öne çıkarmakta önemli gördükleri özellikler kategorilere ayrılarak incelenecektir. Avrupa ülkelerinden yeri geldikçe kesişen kimi noktalarda örnekler verilmekle beraber, esas ağırlıklı inceleme Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ve Birleşik Krallık’a verilecektir. Yapılan analizlerde ve kıyaslamalarda literatürde ve politik zeminde cereyan eden tartışmalarla kurulan ilişkilere de yer verilecektir. 

Keywords

Vatandaş, Vatandaşlık, Vatandaşlık Sınavları, Göçmen, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri, Birleşik Krallık, Vatandaşlığa Kabul

Postmodern Discourse Analysis of Citizenship Tests: The Cases of the United States of America and the United Kingdom

Abstract

 Citizenship tests are used by states as a tool of naturalization and migration policies. In this paper, a brief discourse analysis of citizenship tests which can be called as an “entrance gate of naturalization” of two most immigrant-receiving countries in the world with their development level and other reasons, the United States and the United Kingdom, are examined. Accordingly, the discourse of the questions those countries ask in the tests and the features they regard as significant to put forward are focused on. Although some examples are given from some European countries when necessary, the main emphasis is given to the case countries. The main reason why these countries are selected is that they are both English as native language and have long term experience in such tests. In the analyses and comparisons, links with the discussions in the literature and on the political grounds will also take part. 

Keywords

Citizen, Citizenship, Citizenship Tests, Immigrant, The United States of America, The United Kingdom, Naturalization

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