Citizenship in European Cities - Immigrants Local Politics and Integration Policies

How have immigrants to Europe organized themselves in order to voice their concerns and combat discrimination, and what have local governments across Europe done to foster (or stifle) immigrant participation in public decision-making? These are among the questions explored in this volume.

List of contents

Contents: Introduction: European cities and their new residents, Rinus Penninx, Karen Kraal, Marco Martiniello and Steven Vertovec; The politics of minority-majority relations: how immigrant policies developed in Paris, Berlin and Zurich, Hans Mahnig; Ethnic minority local councillors in French and British cities: social determinants and political opportunity structures, Romain Garbaye; Comparing local policies toward migrants: an analytical framework, a typology and preliminary survey results, Michael Alexander; Do immigrant policies matter? ethnic civic communities and immigrant policies in Amsterdam, Liège and Zurich, Meindert Fennema and Jean Tillie; Top-down and bottom-up reconsidered: the dynamics of immigrant policies in local civil society, M. Margarida Marques and Rui Santos; Migrants as mediators in a comparative perspective, Damian Moore; Integration processes and policies: state of the art and lessons, Rinus Penninx and Marco Martiniello; Index.

About the author

Karen Kraal, Steven Vertovec, Rinus Penninx

Summary

There are relatively few books that provide comparative analysis of European cities in relation to immigrants and political participation. This fresh and insightful volume analyzes how the presence of immigrants is perceived in politics, how this affects their status and how far minorities are able to (politically) participate in European cities.

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’This book offers exciting new research on a subject of highest relevance for the future of the city. It sets new standards in methodological and analytical terms by offering a series of rigorously designed comparisons within and across European countries. The results are surprising and will stimulate research for years to come.’ Professor Andreas Wimmer, University of California Los Angeles, USA ’This collection is a valuable addition to expert literature...an excellent volume...’ Ethnic and Racial Studies

Product details

• Authors: Karen Kraal, Karen Penninx Kraal, Kraal Karen, Rinus Martiniello Penninx, Steven Vertovec, Vertovec Steven
• Assisted by: Marco Martiniello (Editor), Rinus Penninx (Editor), Penninx Rinus (Editor)
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.06.2004
• EAN: 9780754642053
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-4205-3
• No. of pages: 170
• Series: Research in Migration and Ethnic Relations Series; Research in Migration and Ethnic Relations Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Europe, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, Migration, immigration & emigration, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Migration, immigration and emigration, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples