Migrants' Participation in Exclusionary Contexts From Subcultures to Radicalization

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.

1. Political context and organizations
2. A multifaceted exclusionary context in Milan
3. Comparing migrants and natives in Milan, and migrants in Milan and in other European cities
4. Linking civic and political engagement
5. Organizational networks and political engagement of organizations
Conclusions
Methodological Appendix

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.