Political participation and dual identification among migrants

Scuzzarello, Sarah

doi:10.1080/1369183x.2015.1022517

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“…However, research undertaken in Ireland has found that the participation of Poles in local government elections has been consistently lower than for migrants from non‐EU countries of origin (Fanning et al, 2011: 417–420). There have been similar findings in a 2011 UK study which compared Polish and Somali participation in local government elections (Scuzzarello, 2015: 1223). This study showed that Polish respondents expressed little interest in becoming British citizens, and they also did not see any advantage in naturalizing.…”

Section: Naturalization Citizenship and Process Of Political Integrasupporting

confidence: 72%

Polish migrant settlement without political integration in the United Kingdom and Ireland: a comparative analysis in the context of Brexit and thin European citizenship

Fanning

Kloc‐Nowak

Lesińska

2020

International Migration

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Following EU enlargement in 2004, the United Kingdom and Ireland experienced large‐scale migration from Poland and other new EU states. The Poles who migrated to both jurisdictions were demographically similar and have faced similar challenges although these have begun to diverge in the context of Brexit. Previous research emphasized the intentional unpredictability of many Polish migrants who deferred decisions whether to settle or return which appears to account for limited political incorporation in both the Irish and UK cases prior to Brexit. This literature also examined how such migrants have become socially embedded but not politically integrated. Drawing on surveys conducted in Ireland and the UK during 2018, we highlight predicaments arising from the thin nature of EU citizenship which allowed for free movement but has neglected political integration. In the Irish case, we suggest that EU migrants, including Poles, are likely to remain detached from citizenship and political participation.

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Section: Naturalization Citizenship and Process Of Political Integrasupporting

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Polish migrant settlement without political integration in the United Kingdom and Ireland: a comparative analysis in the context of Brexit and thin European citizenship

Fanning

Kloc‐Nowak

Lesińska

2020

International Migration

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“…Differences lie partly in citizenship take‐up: those from poorer countries are more likely to acquire British citizenship, and citizenship has a statistically significant correlation with British identity in the immigrant generation . The resonance and content of identity claims might vary across countries and depend on the way citizenship was achieved or its meaning for those in the majority (Ditlmann, Purdie‐Vaughns, and Eibach ; Bloemraad ; Scuzzarello ) . We return to ideas of claims‐making below.…”

Section: Why Does Citizenship Matter? Rights Identity and Participamentioning

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“…Adopting a "national" identity does not necessarily entail giving up homeland or other identities. Indeed, dual identification to national and heritage identities is correlated with higher well-being(Berry 2005) and greater voting(Scuzzarello 2015).…”

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Understanding Membership in a World of Global Migration: (How) Does Citizenship Matter?

Bloemraad

Sheares

2017

International Migration Review

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This article synthesizes the literature on citizenship and immigration to evaluate the heft of citizenship and theorize why it matters. We examine why citizenship laws vary cross‐nationally and why some immigrants acquire citizenship while others do not. We consider how citizenship influences rights, identities, and participation and the mechanisms by which citizenship could influence lives. We consider frameworks, such as cultural and performative citizenship, that de‐center legal status and the nation‐state. Ultimately, we argue for a claims‐making approach to citizenship, one that is a relational process of recognition, includes actors outside the individual/state dyad, and focuses on claims to legitimate membership.

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“…As a result, when unequal treatment is experienced, national identification fuels minority members’ disappointment (Klandermans et al, 2008). National identification also fosters feelings of entitlement to political rights among immigrant minority members (Klandermans et al, 2008; Scuzzarello, 2015) as well as claims of country “ownership” among established minorities (Brylka et al, 2015). Additionally, minorities can strategically navigate identities (e.g., adapt their statements of identification) as a function of the audience they are communicating with.…”

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National Identification Counteracts the Sedative Effect of Positive Intergroup Contact on Ethnic Activism

2017

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Positive intergroup contact with socially and economically advantaged national majorities has been shown to reduce ethnic identification among minorities, thereby undermining ethnic minority activism. This finding implies that ethnic identity is the relevant social identity driving ethnic minorities’ struggle for equality. We argue that the study of the “sedating” effect of positive intergroup contact for minorities should be more nuanced. The existence of multiple and sometimes interplaying social identities can foster a reinterpretation of the meaning of “ethnic” activism. This study therefore examines how the interplay of ethnic and national identities shapes the sedating effect of contact on minority activism. We expect national identification to buffer the sedated activism resulting from reduced ethnic identification. That is, the mediation from intergroup contact to reduced ethnic activism through weakened ethnic identification is expected to be moderated by national identification. With survey data from Bulgaria, we investigated support for ethnic activism among Bulgarian Roma (N = 320) as a function of their contact with the national majority as well as their degree of ethnic and national identification. The predicted moderated mediation was revealed: a negative indirect relationship between contact and activism through decreased ethnic identification occurred among Roma with low national identification, whereas no sedating effect occurred among Roma identifying strongly as members of the Bulgarian nation. We discuss the meaning of national identification for the Roma minority, who experience harsh discrimination in countries where they have been historically settled, as well as convergence of these findings with work on dual identification. We highlight the role of interacting social identities in mobilizing resources for activism and the importance of adopting a critical view on ethnic discourse when studying activism in both traditional and immigrant minorities.

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Political participation and dual identification among migrants

Cited by 23 publications

References 38 publications

Polish migrant settlement without political integration in the United Kingdom and Ireland: a comparative analysis in the context of Brexit and thin European citizenship

Polish migrant settlement without political integration in the United Kingdom and Ireland: a comparative analysis in the context of Brexit and thin European citizenship

Understanding Membership in a World of Global Migration: (How) Does Citizenship Matter?

National Identification Counteracts the Sedative Effect of Positive Intergroup Contact on Ethnic Activism

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