Culture, Context, and the Political Incorporation of Immigrant-Origin Groups in Europe

Making the List: The Growth (And Varying Success) of Immigrant-Origin Political Candidates in Western Europe

Calls for Stricter Legislation and Fear in the European Immigrant Community: Reflections of the Public Charge Debate Ongoing in the United States; Comment on “A Crisis of Humanitarianism: Refugees at the Gates of Europe”

In the editorial, “A Crisis of Humanitarianism: Refugees at the Gates of Europe,” Marianna Fotaki elegantly highlights the changing dynamics of governmental policy toward refugees, forced migrants into Europe and the move away from the principles of humanitarianism.1 The perceived threats to economy, securi...

The Acculturation and Adaptation of Turkish Adolescents in North-Western Europe

The present study explores the process of cultural and psychological change that follows intercultural contact (i.e., acculturation) and the wellbeing and social adjustment of 736 Turkish immigrant adolescents aged 13–18 living in six countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, France, and the Netherlands. Perceived discrimination was the strongest negative predictor of their adaptation outcom...

Beyond the Ballot: Immigrant Collective Action in Gateways and New Destinations in the United States

Most studies that attempt to understand immigrant political incorporation focus on patterns of electoral participation and citizenship acquisition. Given that nearly 60 percent of the foreign-born population in the United States is comprised of noncitizens, we argue that past studies miss an important dimension of the immigrant political incorporation process. In this article, we move beyond th...

Rethinking Immigrant Political Incorporation: What Have We Learned, and What Next?

In the introduction to this volume, the editors make several interrelated critiques of prior research on immigrant political incorporation (IPI): that few studies have de! ned the concept explicitly; that de! nitions (such as they appear) are inconsistent; that few studies have made comparisons across nation-states or cities or other well-de! ned contexts for political action (comparing groups ...