TY - JOUR
T1 - Turkish Organizations in Europe
T2 - How National Contexts Provide Different Avenues for Participation
AU - Odmalm, Pontus
N1 - Politics and International Relations
Special Issue: Turkish Identity Formation and Political Mobilization in Western Europe and North America
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The purpose of this article is threefold: to identify opportunities and constraints for migrants in participating in their host society; to further explore variance in formal political participation; and to assess how different citizenship policies give rise to different types of participation and different targets for claims‐making. The article first discusses how different understandings of citizenship and implementations of citizenship policy give rise to a different set of opportunities for migrants to participate in the political sphere. This is exemplified with reference to Turkish organizations in Germany, France, and the Netherlands. The paths these states have chosen in terms of integration and citizenship policies have resulted in a different set of opportunities for Turks’ formal participation.
AB - The purpose of this article is threefold: to identify opportunities and constraints for migrants in participating in their host society; to further explore variance in formal political participation; and to assess how different citizenship policies give rise to different types of participation and different targets for claims‐making. The article first discusses how different understandings of citizenship and implementations of citizenship policy give rise to a different set of opportunities for migrants to participate in the political sphere. This is exemplified with reference to Turkish organizations in Germany, France, and the Netherlands. The paths these states have chosen in terms of integration and citizenship policies have resulted in a different set of opportunities for Turks’ formal participation.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=68149172594&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14683840902863988
DO - 10.1080/14683840902863988
M3 - Article
SN - 1743-9663
VL - 10
SP - 149
EP - 163
JO - Turkish Studies
JF - Turkish Studies
IS - 2
ER -