Migration and Organized Civil Society

Abstract

1. Introduction Part 1: Emergence of transnational activities of Migrant Organizations - towards a theoretical framework 2. The Transnational Migration Paradigm: Global Perspectives on Migration Research Nina Glick Schiller 3. Disentangling Migrant Transnationalism Margit Fauser Part 2: Migrant organizations' impact on countries of origin and countries of arrival 4. Diaspora Politics: From Long Distance Nationalism to Autonomization 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. The Impact of Political Factors on the Vietnamese Migrant Organizations in Poland Marta Biernath 7. The Country of Residence and Migrant Transnationalism: How do Opportunity Structures in Countries of Residence Affect Transnational Attitudes and Behavior of Migrant Organizations from the African Great Lakes Region? Marieke van Houte, Nathalie Perrin and Anna Orrnert 8. Opportunities and Challenges for Organizational Transnationalism - An Analysis of the Turkish-Islamic Union of the Directorate of Religious Affairs e.V. (DITIB) Kerstin Rosenow-Williams 9. Brussels Calling. The European Organization of Migrants from Turkey Liza Mugge Part 4: National governance and integration of transnational migrant organizations 10. Three Catholic Transnationalisms - Italian, Croat and Spanish Immigrants Compared Jenni Winterhagen and Dietrich Thranhardt 11. Immigrant Associations as Political and Institutional Partners in Portugal Joao Sardinha 12. Conclusion (Dirk Halm and Zeynep Sezgin)