Beyond Dutch Borders : Transnational Politics among Colonial Migrants, Guest Workers and the Second Generation

Abstract

The IMISCOE Research Network unites researchers from, at present, 28 institutes specialising in studies of international migration, integration and social cohesion in Europe. What began in 2004 as a Network of Excellence sponsored by the Sixth Framework Programme of the European Commission has become, as of April 2009, an independent self-funding endeavour open to qualified researchers and research institutes worldwide. From the start, IMISCOE has promoted integrated, multidisciplinary and globally comparative research led by scholars from various branches of the economic and social sciences, the humanities and law. The Network furthers existing studies and pioneers new scholarship on migration and migrant integration. Encouraging innovative lines of inquiry key to European policymaking and governance is also a priority. The IMISCOE-Amsterdam University Press Series makes the Network's findings and results available to researchers, policymakers and practitioners, the media and other interested stakeholders. High-quality manuscripts authored by Network members and cooperating partners are evaluated by external peer reviews and the IMISCOE Editorial Committee. The Committee comprises the following members:

Bridging the qualitative-quantitative divide in comparative migration studies: newspaper data, and political ethnography in mixed method research

“…I learned Turkish and the Surinamese lingua franca, Sranantongo, closely followed the daily news in Turkey and Surinam through newspapers, television and radio and reported on my observations in research diaries -approximately 2-3 pages per day in the field between 2003 and 2005 (Nell, 2008a;Mügge, 2010;Mügge, 2013a, b). I gained in-depth knowledge of the cases and encountered most of the actors and events coded from newspaper articles in the MERCI sample.…”

Transnationalism as a Research Paradigm and Its Relevance for Integration

“…limit their typology to the individual level. This is constraining because-as the examples in Table 7.1 suggest-both integration and transnationalism involve collective and state actors (on integration see Penninx and Garcés-Mascareñas in this volume; on transnationalism see Mügge 2010 ). Moreover, organizations and states are often eager and highly motivated to invest in either transnationalism or integration in order to gain support for their own projects.…”

“…The durability or persistence of transnational activities is important, since many scholars argue that the majority of migrants who are not-or are only weakly-attached to the homeland "are clearly here to stay" (Kasinitz et al 2002 , 117). Portes et al ( 1999 ) and Mügge ( 2010 , 37) 7 Transnationalism as a Research Paradigm and Its Relevance for Integration Scholars have further categorized transnational activities by distinguishing between various types of transnationalism (Koopmans et al 2005 ;Mügge 2010 ). In particular, transnational activities may be said to take fi ve forms (Table 7.2 ).…”

Women in Transnational Migrant Activism: Supporting Social Justice Claims of Homeland Political Organizations

“…It is the institutionalized and public nature of migrants' organizational and transnational ties, which exceed the levels of the private sphere and the individual, that structures transnational politics (Mügge, 2010). A gendered analysis of the institutional level, therefore, provides a first impression of the women's organizations or organizations directed by women that have a public role in transnational politics.…”

“…2 The new national and transnational ties I found were based on structural or sporadic cooperation, advice, memberships (among organizations and individuals), and kinship. During the interviews I asked interviewees to provide me with the contact details of homeland organizations with which they maintain ties (for full methodology see Mügge, 2010). Compared to the original data, the more qualitative approach only led to a very small increase in the number of organizations directed by women.…”