From race to citizenship: The indigenization debate in post-socialist Tanzania

Aminzade, Ronald

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“…This may be the result of a carryover effect from the early independence period, when residents desired dual citizenship status in the newly independent state as well as in the European state. Interestingly, these policies have persisted broadly over time in many states, despite well‐publicized conflicts over citizenship in specific countries (Aminzade 2003; Larson and Aminzade 2005).…”

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“…Consequently, local politics take on greater significance as the world polity does not provide a univocal normative stance on the right of the individual to dual citizenship. In some states, such as Tanzania, dual citizenship may be interpreted as the continuation of imperialism (Aminzade 2003). In other locales, such as in the case of Turk guest workers in Germany, dual citizenship is perceived as a means of granting essential political rights in a democracy (Miller 1989).…”

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Citizenship Beyond Borders: A Cross‐National Study of Dual Citizenship*

Dahlin

Hironaka

2008

Sociological Inquiry

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As global integration increases, the implications for state boundaries and citizens’ identity grow more significant. Some scholars suggest that the recognition of dual citizenship reveals the extent to which cross‐national immigration requires states to formally recognize a multiplicity of national identities through dual citizenship (Aleinikoff and Klusmeyer 2002; Castles and Davidson 2000; Falk 1994). We propose that scholars need to additionally consider citizenship identity as a source of national assimilation of the international community and postnational citizenship in world culture (Brubaker 1992a; Faist 2004; Soysal 1994; Turner 2001). We use logistic regression to evaluate this argument by examining factors that lead states to enact legislation recognizing dual citizenship. The resulting analysis suggests that the recognition of dual citizenship reflects national, ex‐colonial, and postnational cultural identities rather than the presence of cross‐national immigration.

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Citizenship Beyond Borders: A Cross‐National Study of Dual Citizenship*

Dahlin

Hironaka

2008

Sociological Inquiry

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“…Depoliticised ethnicity in Tanzania: a structural and historical narrative CCM's nationalistic posture even made it possible to hold back heightened racial as well as anti-foreign hostilities in post-socialist Tanzania. This was laid bare when the opposition parties led by the Chair of the Democratic Party (DP) Reverend Christopher Mtikila mobilised support by denouncing Asian-Tanzaniansmagabacholi 15 and demanding preferential legislation for wazawa 16 (Aminzade, 2003). In his racial nationalistic plea for political support Mtikila targeted magabacholi as disloyal outsiders who are exploiting the nation for their own benefit at the expense of walala hoi 17 (Campbell, 1999).…”

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Depoliticised ethnicity in Tanzania: a structural and historical narrative

Malipula

2014

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Much of the literature on ethnicity in Africa regards ethnicity as a central cleavage and associates its politicisation with civil war and deteriorating socio-economic conditions. Tanzanian society is not structured by this cleavage, making it an outlier among African states. Despite the negative impact of politicised ethnicity, little is known of the circumstances through which it germinates and comes to have negative consequences, or how it can be suppressed in Africa. The present article attempts a comprehensive analysis of the structural and historical factors that have made the move away from politicisation of ethnicity in Tanzania possible. It provides an eclectic structural and historical explanation that attributes lack of ethnic salience in Tanzanian politics to a particular ethnic structure, to certain colonial administrative and economic approaches, and to a sustained nation-building ethos. The argument results from a critical analysis of secondary material on ethnicity and the politics of Tanzania. Key words: ethnicity, politicisation of ethnicity, ethnic salience, nation-building, Tanzania

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“…Other opposition party leaders, including 1995 National Convention for Construction and Reform (NCCR)‐Maguezi Presidential candidate Augustine Mrema, joined in calling for racially based indigenization policies. The government responded to calls for such policies, and to the success of opposition parties in mobilizing support around the issue, by redefining the meaning of nonindigenous from Asian‐Tanzanian citizens to foreigners, thus shifting the target of exclusion from the nation's internal to its external other (Aminzade ).…”

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The Dialectic of Nation Building in Postcolonial Tanzania

Aminzade

2013

The Sociological Quarterly

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The contradiction between capital accumulation in a global economy and political legitimation within the nation-state has shaped the contentious politics of citizenship and exclusion in postcolonial Africa. A historical analysis of the early postcolonial, state socialist, and neoliberal eras in the African nation-state of Tanzania reveals that this contradiction generated conflicts within the country's political elite over various public policies, which defined inclusion and exclusion from the community of the nation, and defined the rights of citizens and noncitizens. Political contention over these policies concerned who should be allowed access to citizenship, what rights should be granted to foreigners, and whether all citizens should be granted the same rights regardless of race. Although the institutional expression of the contradiction varied over time, a key divide was between central government administrators who prioritized economic growth in a global economy, and political party leaders and members of parliament (MPs) who were more focused on securing political legitimacy and electoral support within the nation-state.

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From race to citizenship: The indigenization debate in post-socialist Tanzania

Cited by 43 publications

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Citizenship Beyond Borders: A Cross‐National Study of Dual Citizenship*

Citizenship Beyond Borders: A Cross‐National Study of Dual Citizenship*

Depoliticised ethnicity in Tanzania: a structural and historical narrative

The Dialectic of Nation Building in Postcolonial Tanzania

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