Citizenship in European Cities Immigrants, Local Politics and Integration Policies

There are relatively few books that provide comparative analysis of European cities in relation to immigrants and political participation. This fresh and insightful volume, from the same team that published Multicultural Policies and Modes of Citizenship in European Cities in 2001, analyzes how the presence of immigrants is perceived in politics, how this affects their status and how far minorities are able to (politically) participate in European cities. The comparative studies address the influence of (minority) politics, as well as that of migrant mediators and ethnic organizations on the participation of minorities. There are a variety of case studies from northern and southern Europe, offering insights into countries that differ in their modes of citizenship. The volume will be of specific interest to scholars, researchers and policy makers in migration, citizenship and multiculturalism, as well as a more general audience of sociologists, political sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists and social geographers.

Contents: Introduction: European cities and their new residents, Rinus Penninx, Karen Kraal, Marco Martiniello and Steven Vertovec; The politics of minority-majority relations: how immigrant policies developed in Paris, Berlin and Zurich, Hans Mahnig; Ethnic minority local councillors in French and British cities: social determinants and political opportunity structures, Romain Garbaye; Comparing local policies toward migrants: an analytical framework, a typology and preliminary survey results, Michael Alexander; Do immigrant policies matter? ethnic civic communities and immigrant policies in Amsterdam, Liège and Zurich, Meindert Fennema and Jean Tillie; Top-down and bottom-up reconsidered: the dynamics of immigrant policies in local civil society, M. Margarida Marques and Rui Santos; Migrants as mediators in a comparative perspective, Damian Moore; Integration processes and policies: state of the art and lessons, Rinus Penninx and Marco Martiniello; Index.

Karen Kraal, Steven Vertovec, Rinus Penninx