Migrant Participation in Local European Democracies: Understanding Social Capital through Social Movement Analysis

Social capital is examined within the framework of responses to non-European Union immigration in four European cities: Lille and Toulouse, in France, and Florence and Bari, in Italy. Analysis of variations in immigrant participation in local party politics and nongovernmental organizations indicate...

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Autor principal: Harlan Koff
Formato: Artículo científico
Publicado: El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, A.C. 2005
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Acceso en línea:http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=15103201
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=mx/mx-016&d=15103201oai
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topic Demografía
1. international migration
2. social capital
3. immigration policy
4. France
5. Italy
spellingShingle Demografía
1. international migration
2. social capital
3. immigration policy
4. France
5. Italy
Harlan Koff
Migrant Participation in Local European Democracies: Understanding Social Capital through Social Movement Analysis
topic_facet Demografía
1. international migration
2. social capital
3. immigration policy
4. France
5. Italy
description Social capital is examined within the framework of responses to non-European Union immigration in four European cities: Lille and Toulouse, in France, and Florence and Bari, in Italy. Analysis of variations in immigrant participation in local party politics and nongovernmental organizations indicates that social capital is not a monolithic construct and qualitative differences must be included in the analysis if the role of social capital is to be understood. Social movement analysis is used to explain these differences, by examining the presence and autonomy of immigrant social-movement entrepreneurs, the character of local political opportunity structures in which these elites act, and the cultural framework that significantly influences local integration regimes.
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author Harlan Koff
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title Migrant Participation in Local European Democracies: Understanding Social Capital through Social Movement Analysis
title_short Migrant Participation in Local European Democracies: Understanding Social Capital through Social Movement Analysis
title_full Migrant Participation in Local European Democracies: Understanding Social Capital through Social Movement Analysis
title_fullStr Migrant Participation in Local European Democracies: Understanding Social Capital through Social Movement Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Migrant Participation in Local European Democracies: Understanding Social Capital through Social Movement Analysis
title_sort migrant participation in local european democracies: understanding social capital through social movement analysis
publisher El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, A.C.
publishDate 2005
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