Migration and organized civil society. Rethinking national policy.

Migrant organizations are of vital importance for countries of residence and countries of origin, but the empirical and theoretical knowledge of the cross-border character of migrant organizations remains incomplete.

It is clear that migrant transnationalism challenges the governance of nation-states on the local and national levels. This book, the outcome of an ECPR joint session, systematically and empirically analyzes the differing roles that transnational migrant organizations play in their countries of residence and origin. Drawing on research conducted in Belgium, England, Germany, Holland, Poland and Portugal, it focuses on the relations between migrant organizations and the state. Offering an opportunity for comparative analysis, it also examines why migrants and their organizations engage in different forms of border crossing activities, and how various political systems influence, and are influenced by these forms of engagement.

Migration and Organized Civil Society will be of strong interest to students and researchers of political science, political sociology, migration studies, transnationalism, and Diaspora studies.

Contents:

1. Introduction

Part 1: Emergence of transnational activities of Migrant Organizations – towards a theoretical framework
2. The missing link of transnational migrant organizations Ludger Pries
3. Disentangling migrant transnationalism Margit Fauser

Part 2: Migrant organizations’ impact on countries of origin and countries of arrival
4. The political mobilization of transnational communities. Acting here, having an impact there? Elise Feron
5. Political transnationalism in a new light? Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels

Part 3: How transnational political spaces influence migrant organizations – Impact of the countries of origin, countries of arrival, third countries and supranational political opportunities
6. Migrant Organizations in Poland Martha Biernath
7. Migrants as civil society actors in the country of origin: How do host country opportunity structures affect migrant civil society actors from the Great Lakes region? Marieke van Houte
8. Opportunities and Challenges for Organizational Transnationalism. An analysis of the Turkish-Islamic Union in Germany Kerstin Rosenow
9. Brussels calling: Supranational political opportunities and the cross-border organizations of Turkish migrants Liza Mügge

Part 4: National governance and integration of transnational migrant organizations
10. Catholic transnationalism in Germany and its effects: Integration, group formation or clientelization Dietrich Thränhardt and Jenni Winterhagen
11. Immigrant Associations as Political and Institutional Partners in Portugal João Sardinha
12. Conclusion