This paper aims to rethink the value of American citizenship, by exploring the American citizenship outside of the United States among the holders of US passports. The literature on citizenship has acknowledged the need to consider citizenship and global inequality together. These studies encompass debates on how having political membership in well-off polities play a crucial role in the distribution of basic social conditions and life opportunities on a global scale. These findings lead to conclusions about place-specific nature of citizenship regimes, which play a fundamental role in life-chances of individuals. This paper moves a step further and questions the effects on inequality of membership to well-off-polities outside of the borders of that specific polity. The paper is based on 70 in-depth interviews with US citizens, who are residing in Turkey and Turkish citizens, who have in the past lived or are currently residing in the US.
