Empowering Members of Ethnic Organisations
Tracing the Political Integration Potential of Immigrant Associations in Stockholm
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6381925 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Per Strömblad (0000-0001-9805-1276, Institute for Futures Studies), Bo Bengtsson (0000-0002-2505-8319, Uppsala University) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 296-314 |
| Publication date | 2009-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Scandinavian Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0080-6757 • E-ISSN: 1467-9477 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9477.2008.00228.x |
| OpenAlex | W2083746116 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 17 |
The voluminous participation literature notwithstanding, knowledge is still scarce on how voluntary associations more precisely provide their members with politically significant human and social capital. This article focuses on the capacities of immigrant organisations to promote the political integration of ethnic minority members. Analysing a unique dataset, based on face‐to‐face interviews with representatives of 106 organisations of four different immigrant groups in Greater Stockholm, the study empirically investigates what the authors refer to as an association's ‘political integration potential’ (PIP) – the possibility of a given ethnic association to promote the inclusion of its members in the political community of the host society. As elements of PIP, the article examines associational‐level political activity as well as support and mobilisation of individual members, and analyses how the former may be induced by the latter. Furthermore, the article tries to explain why some types of organisations do better than others in these respects. It finds that size and diversification of associations have an important impact on PIP, thus explaining observed differences between associations of the ethnic categories included in this study
Association (psychology · Business · Diversification (marketing strategy · Ethnic group · Face (sociological concept · Immigration · Inclusion (mineral · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social capital · Social science · Sociology · Voluntary association · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Capital and Networks · Social Media and Politics
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Participation in America
Democracy and Association
Sour Grapes
Bowling alone
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How an apolitical association politicizes
Voice and Equality
Linking Social Capital to Political Participation
Immigrants in the Political Process
Recruitment and Political Participation
Trained for Democracy
Connecting, Trusting, and Participating
Social capital of organisations and their members
Prospecting for Participants
Race, Sociopolitical Participation, and Black Empowerment
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2020 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |