The Role of Nonprofit Sector Networks as Mechanisms for Immigrant Political Participation
<p>Issues of immigrant political incorporation and transnational politics have drawn increased interest among migration scholars. This paper contributes to debates in this field by examining the role of networks, partnerships and collaborations of immigrant community organizations as mechanism...
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2012-11-01
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| description | <p>Issues of immigrant political incorporation and transnational politics have drawn increased interest among migration scholars. This paper contributes to debates in this field by examining the role of networks, partnerships and collaborations of immigrant community organizations as mechanisms for immigrant political participation both locally and transnationally. These issues are addressed through an ethnographic study of the Hispanic Development Council, an umbrella advocacy organization representing settlement agencies serving Latin American immigrants in Toronto, Canada. Analysis of HDC’s three sets of networks (at the community, city and transnational levels) from a geographic and relational approach demonstrates the potentials and limits of nonprofit sector partnerships as mechanisms and concrete spaces for immigrant mobilization, empowerment, and social action in a context of neoliberal governance. It is argued that a combination of partnerships with a range of both state and non-state actors and at multiple scales can be significant in enabling nonprofit organizations to advance the interests of immigrant, minority and disadvantaged communities.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-89062136d08d4b9496428e7025cdda922022-12-21T20:03:07ZengBrock UniversityStudies in Social Justice1911-47882012-11-017127461036The Role of Nonprofit Sector Networks as Mechanisms for Immigrant Political ParticipationLuisa Veronis0University of Ottawa<p>Issues of immigrant political incorporation and transnational politics have drawn increased interest among migration scholars. This paper contributes to debates in this field by examining the role of networks, partnerships and collaborations of immigrant community organizations as mechanisms for immigrant political participation both locally and transnationally. These issues are addressed through an ethnographic study of the Hispanic Development Council, an umbrella advocacy organization representing settlement agencies serving Latin American immigrants in Toronto, Canada. Analysis of HDC’s three sets of networks (at the community, city and transnational levels) from a geographic and relational approach demonstrates the potentials and limits of nonprofit sector partnerships as mechanisms and concrete spaces for immigrant mobilization, empowerment, and social action in a context of neoliberal governance. It is argued that a combination of partnerships with a range of both state and non-state actors and at multiple scales can be significant in enabling nonprofit organizations to advance the interests of immigrant, minority and disadvantaged communities.</p>http://brock.scholarsportal.info/journals/index.php/SSJ/article/view/1053migrationnon-profit sectorpublic policy |
| spellingShingle | Luisa Veronis The Role of Nonprofit Sector Networks as Mechanisms for Immigrant Political Participation Studies in Social Justice migration non-profit sector public policy |
| title | The Role of Nonprofit Sector Networks as Mechanisms for Immigrant Political Participation |
| title_full | The Role of Nonprofit Sector Networks as Mechanisms for Immigrant Political Participation |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Nonprofit Sector Networks as Mechanisms for Immigrant Political Participation |
| title_short | The Role of Nonprofit Sector Networks as Mechanisms for Immigrant Political Participation |
| title_sort | role of nonprofit sector networks as mechanisms for immigrant political participation |
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