Migration Policies and Political Participation: Inclusion or Intrusion in Western Europe?

✍ Scribed by Pontus Odmalm (auth.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 268
• Series: Migration, Minorities and Citizenship
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Comparing differences in migrant political participation, the author discusses the influence that institutions have on opportunities and constraints for migrants' political engagement. The book adopts a multi-country comparative approach, highlighting three areas where institutions influence the scope for migrant actors in Sweden, the Netherlands, France, Germany and the UK: - Strategies adopted by organized migrant interests in response to specific political structures - The role of identity and its relevance in explaining varying political participation - Institutional effects on the relationship between migrant organizations and political parties

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction....Pages 1-17
Historical Overview: Patterns of Immigration, Immigration and Citizenship Policies....Pages 18-74
The Role of Institutions in Shaping the Opportunities and Constraints on Actors’ Behaviour....Pages 75-131
Identity, Citizenship and Identification....Pages 132-172
Civil Society, Migrant Organisations and Political Parties....Pages 173-208
Summary and Conclusions....Pages 209-223
Back Matter....Pages 224-258

✦ Subjects

Political Sociology;Ethnicity Studies;Migration;Political Science;Political Communication