Reframing Immigrant Resistance - Alliances, Conflicts, and Racialization in Italy

This book focuses on the political participation and grassroots mobilization of immigrants and ethnic minorities. Based on extensive data collected in Italy, it investigates what might explain variations in forms of political participation and grassroots mobilization at the local level.

List of contents

Introduction 1. The Italian Context and Methodology 2. A Theoretical Model of Local Dynamics: Alliances and Conflicts in Context 3. Civic Participation in a City of Intercultural Dialogue 4. Multiple Forms of Participation in a Stronghold of the Left 5. Political Contention amid the Rise of the Northern League 6. Obstructing Participation in a Stronghold of the Catholic Church 7. Political Racialization and Resistance Conclusion Appendix A: Research Design and Methodology Appendix B: List of interviews conducted in Reggio Emilia Appendix C: List of interviews conducted in Bologna Appendix D: List of interviews conducted in Brescia Appendix E: List of interviews conducted in Bergamo

About the author

Teresa M. Cappiali is a Vinnova MSCA-Seal of Excellence Fellow and a researcher at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Sweden. She specializes in migration, the politics of migration, racism, and anti-racism from an intersectional approach.

Summary

This book focuses on the political participation and grassroots mobilization of immigrants and ethnic minorities. Based on extensive data collected in Italy, it investigates what might explain variations in forms of political participation and grassroots mobilization at the local level.

Product details

• Authors: Teresa Cappiali, Teresa (Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Hu Cappiali
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.09.2023
• EAN: 9781032200170
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3220017-0
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Research in Migration and Ethnic Relations Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, Europe, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Politics & government, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Politics and government