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Migrants' Participation in Exclusionary Contexts
Katia Pilati
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Description for Migrants' Participation in Exclusionary Contexts
Hardback. Katia Pilati analyzes the political marginalization of three migrant groups, Filipinos, Egyptians and Ecuadorians, in Milan. Bringing together evidence from individual and organizational data, she explores the consequences of their exclusion, examining the different ways in which migrant communities cope with this predicament. Num Pages: 123 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFFN; JFSL1; JFSV; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 324.
This insightful book analyzes the political engagement and marginalization of three of Milan's migrant groups, Filipinos, Egyptians and Ecuadorians. Bringing together data relating to the civic and political engagement of individual migrants, and of migrant organizational networks, the result is an examination of the consequences of the political exclusion of migrants, exploring the different ways in which they cope with this predicament. Such exclusion, the author argues, has three major impacts. It can transform migrant groups into political subcultures and engender externally-driven participation, but it can also lead to radicalization.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
123
Condition
New
Number of Pages
123
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137553591
SKU
V9781137553591
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Katia Pilati
Katia Pilati is Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology and Social Research (DSRS) at the University of Trento, Italy. Her research interests include political participation and immigration, social movements, and political engagement in repressive contexts.
Reviews for Migrants' Participation in Exclusionary Contexts
"This theoretically-informed comprehensive study by Katia Pilati provides a high quality 'blue print' for empirical research on the political engagement of migrants in cities. By examining Filipino, Egyptian and Ecuadorian communities who face a relatively restrictive political environment in Milan, Pilati unpacks the important story about how organizational networks can 'work' to find a place for migrants on the city-level ... Read more