Intention to become a citizen: do subnational integration policies have an influence? Empirical evidence from Swiss cantons

Bennour, Salomon

doi:10.1080/00343404.2019.1699237

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“…At the other end of the spectrum are immigrants within free-movement areas. The EU is a case in point, with the freedom to work and settle also expanding to EEA/EFTA countries (e.g., Bennour, 2020, in this issue). These EU/EEA/ EFTA immigrants are a 'privileged group of immigrants' compared with other legal immigrant groups such as third-country nationals (Koopmans et al, 2012(Koopmans et al, , p. 1209.…”

Section: Immigration and The Community-solidarity-territory Trianglementioning

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Regions and immigration in advanced democracies

Tatham

2020

Regional Studies

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Immigration has become a cleaving issue in contemporary politics. Ranging from forced migration and climate-related population displacement to more mundane intra-European Union/European Free Trade Association (EU/EFTA) freedom of movement, the immigration challenge takes several forms. Whilst national and supranational institutions have mobilized on the issue, subnational authorities in federal and regionalized countries have become important actors shaping integration policies and mediating their effects. Beyond their growth in formal competences, regional authorities underline how the triangular relationship between community, solidarity and territory matters. All three facets affect the integration of immigrants, with repercussions throughout the policy-politics-polity triptych.

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Section: Immigration and The Community-solidarity-territory Trianglementioning

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Regions and immigration in advanced democracies

Tatham

2020

Regional Studies

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“…The majority of research on citizenship in Political Science has used a quantitative approach, which remains the predominant methodology for this field (Balistreri & Van Hook, 2004;R. Bauböck, 1994;Bennour, 2020;Bueker, 2005;Evans, 1988;Forrest & Dunn, 2006;Glover et al, 2001;Jones-Correa, 2001;Joppke, 2004;Kymlicka, 1995;Ronkainen, 2011;Simonsen, 2016). In contrast, a large number of studies in the migration field (specifically those which study immigrants' perceptions, transnational lives, belonging, and identity) are strongly influenced by Sociology, Anthropology and Psychology, fields where qualitative approach plays a pivotal role (Basch, Schiller, & Blanc, 1994;Bloemraad, 2002Bloemraad, , 2004Bloemraad, , 2006aCassim, Hodgetts, & Stolte, 2015;Fozdar & Spittles, 2010;Raijman, Davidov, Schmidt, & Hochman, 2008;Schiller, Basch, & Blanc-szanton, 1992).…”

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“…1) the level of integration with the host society (Ager & Strang, 2008;Arvizu & Garcia, 1996;Avcı, 2006;Bennour, 2020;Bloemraad, 2006a, 20 06b;Ersanilli & Koopmans, 2010;Paquet, 2012;Scipioni, 2017;Zhou & Liu, 2016); and 2) transnational relations with the home country (Arkilic, 2016;Basch et al, 1994;Bauböck, 1994;Bloemraad, 2004;Brown, 2014;Brun & Van Hear, 2012;Cassim, 2017;Conway et al, 2008;Jones, 2016;Leitner & Ehrkamp, 2006;Levitt & Schiller, 2004;Merelo, 2016;Mügge, 2012;Orjuela, 2008;Simonsen, 2016Simonsen, , 2017Tölölyan, 1996;Wayland, 2004).…”

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“…Selecting appropriate methods to study subjective, contextual, and relative perceptions was challenging. Many of the previous studies examining this subject, such as Bueker (2005) and Yang (1994), as well as overlapping areas such as immigrants' naturalisation (Balistreri & Van Hook, 2004;Bennour, 2020;Bueker, 2005;Evans, 1988;Forrest & Dunn, 2006;Glover et al, 2001;Jones-Correa, 2001;Ronkainen, 2011;Simonsen, 2016Simonsen, , 2017Takeuchi et al, 2007), used quantitative methods, with a positivist and rational decision-making approach. Because my interest was to explore immigrants' perceptions, which go beyond a single reality, the positivist nature of many quantitative methods was not appropriate.…”

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“…I employ three key perspectives through which other theorists have studied traditional, transnational, and dual citizenship: 1) immigrants' naturalisation and political participation in the host country (Balistreri & Van Hook, 2004;Bennour, 2020;Bernard, 1936;Bueker, 2005;Cho, 1999;Foner, 2001;Garcia, 1981;Jones-Correa, 2001;Miller & Barry, 2009;Paquet, 2012;Portes & Mozo , 1985;Yang, 1994); 2) immigrants' integration with the host society (Ager & Strang, 2008;Bloemraad, 2000Bloemraad, , 2006Bloemraad, Korteweg, & Yurdakul, 2008;Constant, Gataullina, & Zimmermann, 2009;Ersanilli & Koopmans, 2010;Glover et al, 2001;Hoonaard & Hoonaard, 2010;Joppke, 2004;Nagel & Staeheli, 2004;Ramakrishnan, S Karthick Espenshade, 2001;Scipioni, 2017); and 3) immigrants' relations with their home country (Adamson, 2019;Arkilic, 2016;Cheran, 2003;Cohen, 1996Cohen, , 2008Faist, 2010;Henayaka-Lochbihler & Lambusta, 2004;McDowell, 1996;Orjuela, 2008Orjuela, , 2011Ragazzi, 2014;Safran, 1991;Sriskandarajah, 2002;Zhou & Liu, 2016).…”

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Intention to become a citizen: do subnational integration policies have an influence? Empirical evidence from Swiss cantons

Cited by 12 publications

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Regions and immigration in advanced democracies

Regions and immigration in advanced democracies

Where to Belong and Why? Sri Lankan immigrants’ perceptions of Australian, New Zealand and Sri Lankan citizenship

Migrants, New Citizens, Co-Citizens and Citizens by Adoption – Regionalist Parties’ Framing of Immigrants in the Basque Country, Corsica, South Tyrol, Scotland and Wales

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