Beyond opportunity structures: explaining migrant protest in Western Europe, 1975-2005

Artikel

The dominance of the political opportunity structure approach has led to an emphasis of institutional variables in the field of migrant mobilization. This paper critically discusses political opportunity structure theory and defends alternative explanations for variance in levels of ethnic protest among migrants. In particular, it is argued that cultural distance, social stratification, and transnational bonds might be the driving forces behind the political mobilization of migrants. The theories are tested with protest event data for seven European countries between 1975 and 2005.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Comparative Migration Studies ; ISSN: 2214-594X ; Volume: 3 ; Year: 2015 ; Pages: -- ; Berlin: Springer

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie
• Subject: migrants ; protest ; social movements ; political opportunity structures ; structuralism ; transnationalism

Contributors, Location and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Strijbis, Oliver
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Springer
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2015

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.1007/s40878-015-0005-8
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/231483
• Last update: 20.09.2024, 8:25 AM CEST