Whoever decides for you without you, s/he is against you

Immigrant activism and the role of the Left in political racialization

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2147385
AutoresTeresa M Cappiali (0000-0001-7016-4279, Collegio Carlo Alberto, autor de correspondencia)
Año2017
Volumen40
Número6
Páginas969-987
Fecha de publicación2017-05-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2016.1229487
OpenAlexW2522400967
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas20
Referencias citadas18

Much of the migration literature neglects the questions of why and how "native" allies obstruct activism by immigrants and ethnic minorities. Left-wing organizations in particular are often assumed to be supportive of inclusion, and little research exists on the ways they have prevented the migrant population from having a voice in the political arena and from taking part in society as equals. Drawing on the critical theory literature, I introduce the concept of political racialization. This concept refers to mechanisms whereby political actors, in order to legitimize their work on immigration, have partially included immigrants in the political sphere, but in a relationship of "ethnic" or "racial" subordination. Through the analysis of 57 in-depth interviews with immigrant activists, I show how political racialization works within the Italian Left and how it contributes to marginalize the migrant population. I further explain how immigrant activists have challenged political racialization through their activism

Ethnic group · Immigration · Inclusion (mineral · Political science · Politics · Population · Race (biology · Racialization · Sociology · Subordination (linguistics · Anthropology · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · Gender Studies · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration