Integration, Participation, Identity
Immigrant Associations in the Province of Milan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9954801 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marco Caselli (0000-0001-8335-4928, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 58-78 |
| Publication date | 2009-07-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Migration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2009.00530.x |
| OpenAlex | W1983478270 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 4 |
The paper presents some results from a multi‐year research project on immigrant associations in the province of Milan, Italy. The analysis yields numerous issues for reflection and recurrent features of particular significance. The first is the fact that for all the associations surveyed, their main goal and the essential reason for their existence was the desire to integrate their community of membership into the host society. However, such integration did not consist in a desire to be assimilated into Italian society. Quite the opposite: the majority of the associations studied were wholly committed to maintaining ‐‐ and sometimes rediscovering ‐‐ the identity and culture of their reference community. The second main feature is that immigrant associations are crucial nodes in a dense network of relations involving numerous actors of very different kinds: the immigrants themselves, other immigrant associations, third‐sector organizations, and the local authorities. The third and final important issue concerns the representativeness of immigrant associations: whether, that is, they can be considered the legitimate representatives of the community of membership
Identity (music · Immigration · Political science · Representativeness heuristic · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,13 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |