Civil society, migrant organisations and political parties: theoretical linkages and applications to the Swedish context

Odmalm, Pontus

doi:10.1080/13691830410001682043

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“…It can enable the practice of civic and political skills (Caselli, 2010;Cordero-Guzman, 2005;Fennema and Tillie, 1999;Kosic, 2007;Tillie, 2004), and improve language skills (Handy and Greenspan, 2009). Moreover, participation facilitates contacts with the home country (CorderoGuzman, 2005;Odmalm, 2004) and helps immigrants to deal with local institutions (Caselli, 2010;Cordero-Guzman, 2005;Odmalm, 2004). Participation in civic associations requires skills and abilities.…”

Section: Review Of Literature and Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Immigrants’ membership in civic associations: Why are some immigrants more active than others?

Voicu

Rusu

2012

International Sociology

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This study focuses on the level of membership in associations of the migrant population in Spain. Three types of civic engagement are considered: participation in all types of civic associations, in associations for immigrants and in non-immigrant associations. The article investigates whether immigrants coming from countries with higher levels of civic participation are more likely to participate in civic associations and if immigrants who have lived longer in and stayed in closer contact with a home country with a higher level of civic participation are more likely to join civic associations. Data used come from the Spanish National Immigrant Survey (2007) and the World Values Survey (2000, 2005). The results of multilevel logistic regressions show that immigrants who have spent more time in a more participatory context at origin and who are in closer contact with these societies are more likely to get involved in civic associations at destination.

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Section: Review Of Literature and Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Immigrants’ membership in civic associations: Why are some immigrants more active than others?

Voicu

Rusu

2012

International Sociology

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“…Estudios más empíricos se centran en la participación polí-tica a través de modelos estadísticos (Diehl y Urbahn, 1999), poniendo especial énfasis en la participación de inmigrantes a través de organizaciones «étni-cas» (Jacobs y otros, 2004;Odmalm, 2004, Simó y otros, 2005 3 . En estos estudios, se identificó una participación más baja de la población inmigrante que de la autóctona, lo cual se puede explicar tanto por los modelos del estatus socioeconómico (socio-economic-status (SES)) (Ramakrishnan y Espenshade, 2001), como por los modelos culturales de los países de origen (Bueker, 2005).…”

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“…En estos estudios, se identificó una participación más baja de la población inmigrante que de la autóctona, lo cual se puede explicar tanto por los modelos del estatus socioeconómico (socio-economic-status (SES)) (Ramakrishnan y Espenshade, 2001), como por los modelos culturales de los países de origen (Bueker, 2005). Además, con la diferenciación de capital social bridging y bonding de Putnam (2000), se abrió el paso a una serie de trabajos que investigaban el asociacionismo como facilitador de la integración en la sociedad mayoritaria (Jacobs y otros, 2004;Odmalm, 2004) o como creador de comunidades aisladas, lo que Bauman (2000) llamó multicomunitarismo.…”

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Identificación y solución de problemas para la participación ciudadana de los inmigrantes

Herzog¹,

Gómez-Moya²,

Gómez-Guardeño³

et al. 2009

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ResumenEl objetivo del estudio es conocer las razones por las que los inmigrantes tienen un grado de participación política y social menor que los autóctonos que permita desarrollar medidas de inclusión de los mismos en el sistema democrático español.Se entrevistaron en profundidad 26 inmigrantes de diferentes sexos, edades y países de origen sobre la relación existente entre los problemas personales y sociales con la búsqueda de estrategias de soluciones.Los inmigrantes tienden a adoptar soluciones individuales para problemas estructurales, por lo que resulta necesario ampliar el modelo teórico de las estructuras de oportunidades políticas a un modelo que destaque la importancia de la percepción de las mismas. Palabras clave: inmigración, participación política, estructura de oportunidades políticas, investigación cualitativa. AbstractThe aim of the study was to find out the reasons why immigrants tend to participate less than locals for developing an active policy of including newly-arriving immigrants in the Spanish democratic system.An empirical study was undertaken in which 26 immigrants of different sexes, ages and countries of origin were given an in-depth interview about the relationship of personal and social problems with the search for solution strategies.By broadening the theoretic political opportunity structure (POS) model towards a model of perceived political opportunity structure it was found that immigrants tended towards individual solutions for many structural problems.

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“…The idea behind civil society suggests that the quality of societal life depends on the fruitful interaction between people and between individuals and society (Odmalm 2004). Most commonly, the term refers to the varied forms of social organisation that lie between the individual and the state.…”

Section: Civil Society and Social Capitalmentioning

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“…In fact, it could easily be argued that participation through voluntary associations could be considered as one of the key features of civil society and an important form of citizen participation in public life, since such associations function as a supplement to the institutional arrangements of representative democracy and therefore keep the democratic culture going by bringing in new ideals and issues to the public sphere (Odmalm 2004). In addition, participation in voluntary associations can potentially generate a number of socially valued skills such as habits of cooperation, solidarity and public-spiritedness, which, in turn, support the creation of a more tightly knit community (Putnam 1993).…”

Section: Civil Society and Social Capitalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Immigrant Associations, Integration and Identity : Angolan, Brazilian and Eastern European Communities in Portugal

Sardinha¹

2009

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A m s t e r d a m U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s dIssertAtIons imiscoe Immigrant Associations, Integration and Identity IMISCOE International Migration, Integration and Social CohesionThe IMISCOE Network of Excellence unites over 500 researchers from European institutes specialising in studies of international migration, integration and social cohesion. The Network is funded by the Sixth Framework Programme of the European Commission on Research, Citizens and Governance in a Knowledge-Based Society. Since its foundation in 2004, IMISCOE has developed an integrated, multidisciplinary and globally comparative research project led by scholars from all branches of the economic and social sciences, the humanities and law. The Network both furthers existing studies and pioneers new research in migration as a discipline. Priority is also given to promoting innovative lines of inquiry key to European policymaking and governance.The IMISCOE-Amsterdam University Press Series was created to make the Network's findings and results available to researchers, policymakers and practitioners, the media and other interested stakeholders. Highquality manuscripts authored by IMISCOE members and cooperating partners are published in one of four distinct series. IMISCOE Textbooks produces manuals, handbooks and other didactic tools for instructors and students of migration studies.IMISCOE Policy Briefs and more information on the Network can be found at www.imiscoe.org.

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Civil society, migrant organisations and political parties: theoretical linkages and applications to the Swedish context

Cited by 51 publications

References 9 publications

Immigrants’ membership in civic associations: Why are some immigrants more active than others?

Immigrants’ membership in civic associations: Why are some immigrants more active than others?

Identificación y solución de problemas para la participación ciudadana de los inmigrantes

Immigrant Associations, Integration and Identity : Angolan, Brazilian and Eastern European Communities in Portugal

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