Political Activism in Canada
When Tibetans in Toronto Enter into Local Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2634934 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne-Sophie Bentz (0000-0001-8594-6409, Center for Social Studies on African, American and Asian Worlds, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 27 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1960-6060 • E-ISSN: 1960-6060 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/samaj.7449 |
| OpenAlex | W4210816622 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 32 |
This article investigates the political mobilization of Tibetans in Toronto. I develop the hypothesis that Tibetans in Toronto who enter into local politics are already politicized, which facilitates the transition from activism within the Tibetan community to activism in Canadian society. To explore this transition from an inward- to an outward-looking type of mobilization, I draw on theoretical insights about the political integration of migrants developed by leading scholars in Social Movement Studies and Diaspora Studies. The careers of the two Tibetans who stood for office in Toronto in 2018, Bhutila Karpoche and Kalsang Dolma, as well as of Tibetan blogger and campaign manager Gelek Badheytsang, then serve to analyze the “strategic action fields” (Fligstein and McAdam 2012) or “arenas” (Jasper and Duyvendak 2015) invested by the Tibetans who choose to enter into local politics
Political activism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
Getting Your Way
Getting into Local Power
Dynamics of Contention
Humanitarian Gesture
Rehearsing the State
International Migration and Sending Countries
A Theory of Fields
Beyond Borders
Beyond Statist Paradigms
Immigrant Ambassadors
Inside/Outside the Circle
Immigration and the Boundaries of Citizenship
The “Activist Identity” and Activism across Domains
Statelessness and the State
Village Ghetto Land
Politicians and Social Movements
Players and Arenas
Migration and other Modes of Transnationalism
Mobilizing in transnational space
Migration, Membership, and the Modern Nation-State
A kinder, gentler gentrification
Toward a General Theory of Strategic Action Fields
Refusal as political practice
Conclusion
Bridging the gap
Home in Canada? The Settlement Experiences of Tibetans in Parkdale, Toronto
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |