Social Capital, Political Participation and Migration in Europe (eBook, PDF)

Making Multicultural Democracy Work?
Redaktion: Morales, L.; Giugni, M.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

How can European societies more effectively promote the active engagement of immigrants and their children in the political and civic life of the countries where they live? This book examines the effect of migrants' individual attributes and resources, their social capital and the political opportunities on their political integration.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230302464
• Artikelnr.: 44925211

Autorenporträt

EVA ANDUIZA is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain BO BENGTSSON is Professor of Political Science, especially housing and urban policy, at Uppsala University (Institute for Housing and Urban Research and Department of Government), Sweden MANLIO CINALLI is an Associate Research Professor at Sciences Po Paris, France RANJI DEVADASON is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship, Department of Sociology, University of Bristol, UK NINA EGGERT is a PhD Candidate in Political Science and Sociology at the University of Geneva and the University of Trento and a research assistant at the "Laboratoire de recherches sociales et politiques appliquées" (resop) of the University of Geneva, Switzerland MARCO GIUGNI is a Researcher at the "Laboratoire de recherches sociales et politiques appliquées" (resop) and lectures at the Department of Political Science at the University of Geneva, Switzerland AMPARO GONZÁLEZ-FERRER is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Economy, Geography and Demography of the Spanish Research Council. LAURA MORALES is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Social Change of the University of Manchester, UK MIRUNA MORARIU works at the "Laboratoire de recherches sociales et politiques appliquées" at the University of Geneva, Switzerland GUNNAR MYRBERG is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Department of Government,Uppsala University, Sweden KATIA PILATI is a FRS-FNRS scientific collaborator at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium JON ROGSTAD is a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Social Research in Oslo and at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography in Oslo, Norway JOSEP SAN MART?N is a Researcher and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain PER STRÖMBLAD is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the Institute for Futures Studies and at Linnaeus University, Sweden

Inhaltsangabe

Political Opportunities, Social Capital, and the Political Inclusion of Immigrants in European Cities; L.Morales & M.Giugni Conceptualising and Measuring Migrants' Political Inclusion; L.Morales Institutional Opportunities, Discursive Opportunities, and the Political Participation of Migrants in European Cities; M.Cinalli & M.Giugni The Electoral Participation of Naturalised Immigrants in ten European Cities; A.Gonzalez-Ferrer The Role of Social Capital in Migrants' Engagement in Local Politics in European Cities; L.Morales & K.Pilati Optimal Opportunities for Ethnic Organization and Political Integration? Comparing Stockholm with other European Cities; P.Stromblad, G.Myrberg & B.Bengtsson Is 'Home' a Distraction? The Role of Migrants' Transnational Practices in Their Political Integration into Receiving-Country Politics; L.Morales & M.Morariu Patterns of Participation: Engagement among Ethnic Minorities and the Native Population in Oslo and Stockholm; G.Myrberg & J.Rogstad Political Efficacy and Confidence Among Migrants; E.Anduiza & J.San Martin The Impact of Religion on the Political Participation of Migrants; N.Eggert & M.Giugni Place Attachment, Community Cohesion and the Politics of Belonging in European Cities; R.Devadason Conclusions. Towards an Integrated Approach to the Political Inclusion of Migrants; M.Giugni & L.Morales References Appendix

Rezensionen

"The volume is a welcome and necessary addition to existing research. I highly recommend the book to anyone interested in migration and ethnic relations, or in why people participate politically. It is an interesting read for political scientists and sociologists alike." - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

"It is a valuable contribution to the literature on multicultural democracies and one that can be usefully read by scholars and advanced students alike."- Ethnic and Racial Studies