Doctoral Dissertation Research: Non-citizen Participation in Civic Organizations

博士论文研究：非公民参与民间组织

• 批准号: 1129651
• 负责人: Andreas Glaeser
• 金额: $ 0.78万
• 依托单位: University of Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-15 至 2012-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1129651&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Non; citizen

SES-1129651Andreas GlaeserThomas SwertsUniversity of ChicagoABSTRACTDoctoral Dissertation Research: Non-citizen Participation in Civic Organizations.Due to global migration patterns, undocumented immigrants have established a tangible presence in countries across the Western world. They are excluded from conventional political participation because of their status as non-citizens. However, over the last decade, many have been eager to claim civil rights in both American and European cities. While the cultural, social and economic problems related to irregular migration have been the object of sociological research, less attention has been paid to their efforts toward political incorporation.By comparing undocumented immigrants in Chicago and Brussels, this project will show how they become politically incorporated in different structural urban environments. Within these urban contexts, the focus will be on their interactions with civil society organizations. Eight civil society organizations in the two cities have been selected to represent four different types of organizations which have been active in the political incorporation of undocumented immigrants. Different patterns of structural interaction between these organizations and undocumented immigrants are expected depending on the type of organization. These patterns of interaction in turn, should influence how the immigrants become politically active. We expect that diverging trajectories of political incorporation will be discovered, depending on the specific qualities of the urban context and the structures of interactions with civil society organizations. Data will be based on interviews, organizational ethnographies and discourse analysis. The research design of this study allows for comparison across national contexts (US - Belgium), cities (Chicago - Brussels), civil society organizations (self-organizations, first-line organizations, second-line organizations and churches), migrant groups (Mexicans and Moroccans) and individual migrant trajectories. Broader impactThe effort which undocumented immigrants make to serve their communities is seldom highlighted in public discourse. This study demonstrates that undocumented immigrants are actively engaged in community building efforts through their participation in civil society organizations. These organizations are critical in the political incorporation and integration of immigrants. Moreover, the data gathered in this study can uncover the substantial social and emotional barriers faced by undocumented immigrants and can make a substantial impact on the public perception of irregular migration.

SES-1129651 Andreas GlaeserThomas SwertsUniversity of Chicago（芝加哥大学）摘要博士论文研究：非公民参与公民组织由于全球移民模式，无证移民在西方世界各国建立了有形的存在。由于他们的非公民身份，他们被排除在传统的政治参与之外。然而，在过去的十年里，许多人一直渴望在美国和欧洲城市主张公民权利。非正常移民的文化、社会和经济问题一直是社会学研究的对象，但对他们在政治融入方面的努力关注较少。本项目通过比较芝加哥和布鲁塞尔的无证移民，展示他们如何在不同结构的城市环境中融入政治。在这些城市背景下，重点将是它们与民间社会组织的互动。两个城市的八个民间社会组织被选为代表四种不同类型的组织，这些组织一直积极参与无证移民的政治融合。预计这些组织与无证移民之间的结构性互动模式将因组织类型而异。这些互动模式反过来又会影响移民如何成为政治活跃分子。我们预计，将发现不同的政治融合轨迹，这取决于城市背景的具体质量和与民间社会组织的互动结构。数据将基于访谈、组织人种志和话语分析。这项研究的研究设计允许在国家背景（美国-比利时）、城市（芝加哥-布鲁塞尔）、民间社会组织（自我组织、一线组织、二线组织和教会）、移民群体（墨西哥人和马达加斯加人）和个人移民轨迹之间进行比较。更广泛的影响无证移民为社区服务的努力很少在公共话语中得到强调。这项研究表明，无证移民通过参加民间社会组织积极参与社区建设工作。这些组织对移民的政治融合和融入至关重要。此外，本研究收集的数据可以揭示无证移民所面临的重大社会和情感障碍，并对公众对非正常移民的看法产生重大影响。