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Irene Bloemraad - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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is there a trade off between multiculturalism and socio Political Integration policy regimes and immigrant incorporation in comparative perspective
Perspectives on Politics, 2012Co-Authors: Matthew Wright, Irene BloemraadAbstract:Across immigrant-receiving democracies on both sides of the Atlantic, policies of “cultural recognition” (e.g., “multiculturalism”) have become a convenient punching-bag for Political elites. Among academics, heated theoretical debates exist over whether such policies foster or hinder immigrants' engagement with their adoptive nation. We provide a novel empirical assessment of this debate from the immigrant perspective. We ask how multicultural and citizenship policies influence immigrants' socio-Political engagement with their adoptive nation in three realms: social inclusion, Political inclusion, and Political engagement. Using a variety of cross-national and single-country surveys, we show that multiculturalism in no case hinders engagement with society and government, and in many cases seems to foster it. Thus, the claim that multiculturalism undermines immigrants' socio-Political Integration appears largely without foundation.
Vicente Rodríguez - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Social Integration and Multilocality: a Multivariate Study on Lifestyle Migration
Journal of International Migration and Integration, 2020Co-Authors: Joaquín Rodes, Vicente RodríguezAbstract:Within the lifestyle migration studies, a relation between mobile patterns of retired migrants and the propensity to get some socio-Political Integration is not a common theme. This paper aims at deepening into this relationship by questioning to what extent some multilocal behaviours may, or not, drive to an Integration at destination. To this objective, a combination of a survey questionnaire and in-depth interviews directed to North-European retirement migrants, over 50 years old, in Spain has been deployed. Variables related to multilocality are the time of annual residence in Spain, the maintenance of property in their country of origin and the number of times they travelled to their country of origin in the year before. Social Integration has been measured through variables such as daily social relations, voting in municipal elections, membership in clubs and associations, registration with the local register, trust in Spanish institutions and interest in Spanish Political issues. Results from the multivariate statistical analysis and qualitative research indicate that multilocality is associated with migrants’ specific social and Political Integration in Spain since migrants enter the receiving society unevenly. While they show a certain degree of Integration, their social relations tend to stand aside from the whole Spanish population. Collected data suggest that, on the one hand, research on lifestyle migration should develop explanatory models open to the different dimensions of the Integration processes, and on the other, that theory on social Integration can be improved by considering contemporary mobilities as a field of research.
J N Tillie - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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social capital of organisations and their members explaning the Political Integration of immigrants in amsterdam
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2004Co-Authors: J N TillieAbstract:This paper studies determinants of the Political participation of immigrants in Amsterdam. A distinction is made between determinants on the individual level and determinants on the group level. On the individual level gender, ethnic membership, cross‐ethnic membership and social activities in the network of the respondent are of relevance. On the group level the amount of social capital in the ethnic community is important. To explain individual Political participation, the paper suggests an explanatory model, which entails an interaction effect between individual determinants (i.e. organisational membership and the social network of the individual citizen) and the structure of the ethnic civic community as it is reflected in the structure of the network of ethnic organisations.
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introduction social capital and Political Integration of migrants
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2004Co-Authors: Dirk Jacobs, J N TillieAbstract:In recent years the social capital approach has been gaining importance in the study of Political participation of (ethnic) minorities. Here we follow the research efforts of the Dutch Political scientists Fennema and Tillie who claim that differences in Political participation of ethnic minorities are linked to differences in ‘civic community’, primarily seen as the amount of ‘ethnic’ social capital (participation in ethnic associational life) of the relevant group. It is a challenge to try and test these claims in different national settings. This is the aim of the empirical contributions to this special issue of JEMS, which aims to pave the way for further comparative cross‐national research on the link between migrant associational life and Political participation.
Matthew Wright - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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is there a trade off between multiculturalism and socio Political Integration policy regimes and immigrant incorporation in comparative perspective
Perspectives on Politics, 2012Co-Authors: Matthew Wright, Irene BloemraadAbstract:Across immigrant-receiving democracies on both sides of the Atlantic, policies of “cultural recognition” (e.g., “multiculturalism”) have become a convenient punching-bag for Political elites. Among academics, heated theoretical debates exist over whether such policies foster or hinder immigrants' engagement with their adoptive nation. We provide a novel empirical assessment of this debate from the immigrant perspective. We ask how multicultural and citizenship policies influence immigrants' socio-Political engagement with their adoptive nation in three realms: social inclusion, Political inclusion, and Political engagement. Using a variety of cross-national and single-country surveys, we show that multiculturalism in no case hinders engagement with society and government, and in many cases seems to foster it. Thus, the claim that multiculturalism undermines immigrants' socio-Political Integration appears largely without foundation.
Dan Stegarescu - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the effects of economic and Political Integration on fiscal decentralization evidence from oecd countries
Canadian Journal of Economics, 2009Co-Authors: Dan StegarescuAbstract:This paper examines the impact of economic and Political Integration on the vertical government structure. It argues that, by increasing the market size and the benefits of decentralized provision of public goods, Integration triggered the recent process of decentralization in OECD countries. A panel analysis relates the degree of fiscal decentralization to economic and European Integration, controlling for interregional heterogeneity, economies of scale, and institutions. The results mostly support a decentralizing effect of economic Integration in general and of European Integration in particular for heterogeneous EU countries, whereas participation of subnational governments in national decision-making is associated with more centralization.