Transnational contention, domestic integration: assimilating into the hostland polity through homeland activism.
While scholars have studied the political incorporation of migrants and refugees through measures related to naturalisation and voting, others have investigated the ways by which participation in protests and other forms of activism foster assimilation. But how is transnational contention connected...
| Published in: | Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 419 - 437 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=134136950&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 134136950 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 1369183X 56F jtl: Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies issn: 1369183X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Mar2019 vid: 45 iid: 3 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 134136950 10.1080/1369183X.2018.1457433 ppf: 419 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1.2MB tig: atl: Transnational contention, domestic integration: assimilating into the hostland polity through homeland activism. aug: au: Quinsaat, Sharon Madriaga affil: Department of Sociology, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, USA su: Activism Cultural assimilation Transnationalism Social movements Immigrants sug: subj: Activism Cultural assimilation Transnationalism Social movements Immigrants keyword: Filipino immigrants Homeland activism migrant transnationalism political assimilation social movements ab: While scholars have studied the political incorporation of migrants and refugees through measures related to naturalisation and voting, others have investigated the ways by which participation in protests and other forms of activism foster assimilation. But how is transnational contention connected to domestic integration? Using archival research and life history interviews of Filipino migrant activists in the U.S. and the Netherlands and drawing from the literatures on immigrant assimilation and social movements, I show the processes and mechanisms that enable activists to become simultaneously involved in the movements for homeland regime change for migrant/minority rights in the hostland. Thus, they assimilate into the domestic polity while they participate in transnational politics. I argue that as activists perform the functions associated with homeland activism, they develop relations and networks that allow new forms of collective identities to emerge, often rooted in civil-society spaces in the hostland. This study contributes to the debate on transnationalism and assimilation, which has recently moved from contradiction to synergy. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2019 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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