Becoming a Citizen in the United States and Canada: Structured Mobilization and Immigrant Political Incorporation

Anticipating the citizenship premium: before and after effects of immigrant naturalisation on employment

“…Important choices in the lives of immigrants, including the decision to permanently settle and naturalise, are embedded in a broader social and institutional framework. Countries can channel political incorporation through policies of diversity and newcomer settlement, facilitating structured mobilisation by friends, family, communities and local leaders (Bloemraad 2006). As such, citizenship acquisition takes place in a broader social and societal context in which the decision to naturalise in the future is not trivial.…”

Ethnic and immigrant politics vs. mainstream politics: the role of ethnic organizations in shaping the political participation of immigrant-origin individuals in Europe

“…Previous research shows that ethnic organizations are afforded a dominant role in open POS settings. In the Netherlands, the United Kingdom or Canada IOIs are encouraged to organize in ethnic associations that are then capable of conveying many political resources to their members because of their well-established structures and connections with local authorities (Bloemraad 2006a;Ramakrishnan and Bloemraad 2008 Okamoto and Ebert 2010).…”

Theorizing the Ukrainian Case: Pushing the Boundaries of Migration Studies Through a Europe–US Comparison

“…Differences in the contexts of reception between countries, or even cities within the same country, mean that immigrants are literally "received" differently. This produces different immigrant outcomes (Bloemraad 2006;Menjívar 1999;Portes and Rumbaut 1996;Solari 2006b). Rather than look at economic or other quantifiable immigrant outcomes, Parreñas argues that migration should be understood as a "process of subjectification" and is interested in comparing migrant subjectivities (2001: 31).…”