Moroccan and Ecuadorian Migrant Organizations in the Spanish State

García-González, Nayra; López, Mon Cid; Franas, Amelia; Veinguer, Aurora Álvarez

doi:10.1057/9781137035110_5

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“…However, local governments in Madrid and Barcelona, for instance, have had different approaches towards migrant associations and this had an impact on the type and scope of transnational activities (Morales & Jorba, 2010, 271–273, 289). Specific case studies show that associations' strategies and alliances vary considerably depending not just on their size and resources but also on their choices about how to navigate relations with political and social actors at the national, regional and local levels (García González et al., 2012). This indicates that zooming on the specifics of their trajectories is necessary to unveil nuances.…”

Section: Migrant Engagements Beyond Bordersmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Building bridges of various sorts: Old and new migrant transnationalism among Uruguayans in Spain

Margheritis

2023

International Migration

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This study explores emigrants' motivations to form associations, their activities and engagement with home politics, and whether diaspora policies impinge on their practices. It focuses on Uruguayans abroad, who are a relevant case of migrant transnationalism. Building upon qualitative methods, it investigates their associational life in a main destination: Spain. The findings contribute to expand our knowledge of a relatively less studied diaspora, document associations' transnational activities and evolution and revisit debates on the dynamics of diaspora politics and transnational engagements with home/host politics, which in this case remain intermittent and fragmented, albeit intense and highly localized. The notion of building bridges of various sorts emerges as a signifier that gives meaning to individual and collective engagements. This opens new research venues and contributes to analytical refinement as to incorporate migrant transnational practices that are not neatly patterned, sustained in time and simultaneously identifiable in host and home contexts.

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Section: Migrant Engagements Beyond Bordersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Comparative studies of migrant associations in Spain do not include the case of Uruguay (e.g., Aparicio Gomez & Tornos Cubillo, 2010; Cebolla‐Boado & López‐Sala, 2015; García González et al., 2012; Margheritis, 2017). There is no comprehensive work on Uruguayan emigrants either.…”

Section: Migrant Engagements Beyond Bordersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Building bridges of various sorts: Old and new migrant transnationalism among Uruguayans in Spain

Margheritis

2023

International Migration

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Transnational Associational Life and Political Mobilization of Ecuadorians and Argentines in Spain and Italy: What Role for Sending State Policies?

Margheritis

2017

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies

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To what extent and how can sending states encourage migrant organizational efforts and transnational political engagements? This study addresses this question for the cases of Ecuadorians and Argentines in Spain and Italy. The findings show that both sending states have recently innovated, reaching out to citizens abroad through a similar combination of policy instruments: rhetorical changes, institutional developments, enfranchisement, and linkage programs. The scope, intensity, and results of outreach efforts differ not only across migrant communities but also localities, suggesting the need to explore factors such as domestic and intrastate politics, migrants’ socioeconomic and educational profile and perceptions of state institutions, spatial distance, and the type of private-public policy networks at migrant destinations. The conclusions indicate that states have been relatively effective in tapping into migrants’ symbolic and emotional attachments to the homeland, but they have obtained meager results in terms of grounding such attachment in strong organizations, persistent transnational political engagement, and partnership links. The modality of policy implementation resulted in a sporadic and “sentimental” political mobilization of both Ecuadorian and Argentine emigrant communities, which still confront serious organizational problems and remain far from working as strong influential groups at home or ethnic lobbies in receiving countries.

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Moroccan and Ecuadorian Migrant Organizations in the Spanish State

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Building bridges of various sorts: Old and new migrant transnationalism among Uruguayans in Spain

Building bridges of various sorts: Old and new migrant transnationalism among Uruguayans in Spain

Transnational Associational Life and Political Mobilization of Ecuadorians and Argentines in Spain and Italy: What Role for Sending State Policies?

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