@book{835833fc7bb5421698f0f1d6b5199b94,
title = "Social Capital, Political Participation and Migration in Europe: Making Multicultural Democracy Work?",
abstract = "How can European societies more effectively promote the active engagement of immigrants and their children in the political and civic life of the countries where they live? This groundbreaking collection of essays is the first to provide an empirical and comparative account of the political integration of migrants in Europe. Using data from a unique study conducted in ten European cities, and survey data from more than 10,000 individuals, this book shows how migrants' individual attributes and resources, their social capital, and the political opportunities provided by political institutions and public discourses shape their political integration. Social Capital, Political Participation and Migration in Europe shows that migrants resources – such as education and language proficiency – are crucial determinants of migrants' capacity to engage with politics. Equally, it discusses how certain types of social capital can be particularly beneficial in achieving migrants political inclusion. Finally, and importantly, this book demonstrates that certain legal, policy and discursive approaches are more effective than others in including migrants in the political community.",
keywords = "immigration, political participation, social capital, Europe, cities, political behaviour, citizenship",
author = "{Morales-diez De ulzu}, Laura",
editor = "Laura Morales and Marco Giugni",
note = "A major part of the results presented in this book have been obtained through the project {\textquoteleft}Multicultural Democracy and Immigrants{\textquoteright} Social Capital in Europe: Participation, Organisational Networks, and Public Policies at the Local Level (LOCALMULTIDEM){\textquoteright}. This project was funded by the European Commission under the 6th Framework Programme{\textquoteright}s Priority 7 {\textquoteleft}Citizens and Governance in a Knowledge-Based Society{\textquoteright} as a STREP instrument (contract no. CIT5-CT-2005-028802). The LOCALMULTIDEM consortium was coordinated by the University of Murcia (Dr. Laura Morales) and formed, additionally, by the University of Geneva (Dr. Marco Giugni), the University of Trento (Prof. Mario Diani), the University of Bristol (Prof. Paul Statham), the CEVIPOF-Sciences Po Paris (Dr. Manlio Cinalli), the MTAKI (Prof. Endre Sik), and the University of Manchester (Dr. Laura Morales).Additionally, some of the city studies were funded by various national research institutions and foundations: the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation and the Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research; the Swiss National Science Foundation (grant no. 100012-109429); the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, project {\textquoteleft}Multicultural Democracy and Social Capital of Immigrants in Spain{\textquoteright} (grant no. SEJ2005-07733/CPOL); the Research Council of Norway; and the School of Social Sciences of the University of Manchester for providing generous funding to organize a workshop at Manchester in November 2008.",
year = "2001",
month = feb,
language = "English",
isbn = "9780230244160",
series = "Migration, Minorities and Citizenship",
publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan Ltd",
address = "United Kingdom",
}
