Doctoral Dissertation Research: Community-Based Organizations and Immigrant Civic Engagement

博士论文研究：社区组织和移民公民参与

• 批准号: 1406535
• 负责人: Susan Olzak
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: Stanford University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-06-01 至 2016-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1406535&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Community; Based

SES-1406535Susan OlzakMarion CoddouStanford UniversityThis study investigates how community-based organizations shape migrant social and civic engagement in their settlement societies. Research on civic engagement argues that community organizations boost the participation of socially marginal groups through the development of social networks and civic skills. However, this research posits that organizational social networks are domain specific. This means they are directed toward the organization's goals, which may not be civic oriented. The research asks how organizational roles or "domains" are defined by staff, members, and broader institutional arrangements, and how these definitions impact migrant community engagement and social support. The research advances theory by contributing to a better understanding of how social networks are marked by the organizations that form and sustain them and, as a result, are constrained in the projects under which they can be mobilized. The co-PI examines these processes among civic organizations serving Latino immigrants in an immigrant gateway city and its suburbs. Rich insights gained from over a year of ethnographic fieldwork are triangulated with national surveys of organizations and members to provide evidence of differential political mobilization by organizational networks and practices.Broader ImpactDue to their limited access to resources through the state, many migrants must rely on informal social ties and local organizations to establish themselves and gain a voice in their new communities. However, membership carries distinct social consequences across organizations. There is a need to study and thus increase our understanding of how resources differentially diffuse through community organizations, providing variable opportunities for member engagement. This research contributes to this body of knowledge by showing how social definitions of organizational roles shape the opportunities available through them. The findings of this research will be shared directly with the organizations participating in the study and will be available to scholars, policy makers and nonprofit leaders through scholarly papers, conference presentations, and published reports.

这项研究调查了以社区为基础的组织如何影响移民在其定居社会中的社会和公民参与。关于公民参与的研究认为，社区组织通过发展社会网络和公民技能来促进社会边缘群体的参与。然而，这项研究假设组织社交网络是特定于领域的。这意味着它们是针对组织的目标的，而可能不是以公民为导向的。这项研究询问工作人员、成员和更广泛的机构安排如何定义组织角色或“领域”，以及这些定义如何影响移民社区的参与和社会支持。这项研究通过帮助更好地理解社交网络是如何由形成和维持社交网络的组织来标记的，从而推动了理论的发展，从而限制了可以动员社交网络的项目。共同PI审查了在移民门户城市及其郊区为拉美裔移民服务的公民组织中的这些过程。从一年多的民族志田野调查中获得的丰富见解与对组织和成员的全国调查进行三角测量，以提供组织网络和实践的不同政治动员的证据。广泛影响由于他们通过国家获得资源的有限，许多移民必须依靠非正式的社会关系和当地组织来建立自己，并在他们的新社区获得发言权。然而，成员资格在各个组织中具有不同的社会后果。有必要研究并因此增加我们对资源如何在社区组织中以不同方式分配，为成员参与提供不同机会的理解。这项研究通过展示社会对组织角色的定义如何塑造通过它们获得的机会，为这一知识体系做出了贡献。这项研究的结果将直接与参与研究的组织分享，并将通过学术论文、会议报告和出版的报告提供给学者、政策制定者和非营利组织领导人。