Social Capital, Political Participation and Migration in Europe: Making Multicultural Democracy Work?

✍ Scribed by Laura Morales, Marco Giugni (eds.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Leaves: 327
Series: Migration, Minorities and Citizenship
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Political Opportunities, Social Capital and the Political Inclusion of Immigrants in European Cities....Pages 1-18
Conceptualizing and Measuring Migrants’ Political Inclusion....Pages 19-42
Institutional Opportunities, Discursive Opportunities and the Political Participation of Migrants in European Cities....Pages 43-62
The Electoral Participation of Naturalized Immigrants in Ten European Cities....Pages 63-86
The Role of Social Capital in Migrants’ Engagement in Local Politics in European Cities....Pages 87-114
Optimal Opportunities for Ethnic Organization and Political Integration? Comparing Stockholm with Other European Cities....Pages 115-139
Is ‘Home’ a Distraction? The Role of Migrants’ Transnational Practices in Their Political Integration into Receiving-Country Politics....Pages 140-171
Patterns of Participation: Engagement among Ethnic Minorities and the Native Population in Oslo and Stockholm....Pages 172-197
Political Efficacy and Confidence among Migrants....Pages 198-218
The Impact of Religion on the Political Participation of Migrants....Pages 219-237
Place Attachment, Community Cohesion and the Politics of Belonging in European Cities....Pages 238-261
Conclusion: Towards an Integrated Approach to the Political Inclusion of Migrants....Pages 262-274
Back Matter....Pages 275-308

✦ Subjects

Political Sociology; Ethnicity Studies; Migration; Comparative Politics; Political Science; Anthropology

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