Chinese migrants’ spatial politics of belonging, identity, and citizenship in Santiago de Chile

Mobilising Against Insecurity, Engaging in Local Civic Life: The Collective Action of Chinese and South-East Asian Inhabitants in a Paris Suburb

“…By discussing the different steps and spaces of the mobilisation (Aguirre et al, 2008), this article demonstrates how a community dynamic was created around security issues and how an ethno-spatial minority was formed at the heart of the neighbourhood and the city. This study will show the way this initial ethnocentric process transformed itself into an associative and citizen commitment, altering the perceptions of those mobilised, their capacity for action, and their relations with the neighbourhood and with local politics (Chan, 2021; Hamidi and Trenta, 2020; Kalandides and Vaiou, 2012). While this analysis focuses on the inhabitants of Chinese and South-East Asian origins, precluding the perceptions of other ethnic groupings, it nevertheless helps to shed light on the city's political and associative ecosystem which favoured this mobilisation.…”