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The Civil Society Dynamic of Including and Empowering Refugees in Canada's Urban Centres
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Abstract This article addresses the critical role that civil society at the urban level plays in integrating and empowering immigrants and minorities in Canadian society. From a place-based approach, it investigates how key agencies in the local community have been instrumental in including immigrants in gen... mehr
This article addresses the critical role that civil society at the urban level plays in integrating and empowering immigrants and minorities in Canadian society. From a place-based approach, it investigates how key agencies in the local community have been instrumental in including immigrants in general and refugees in particular into the fabric of Canadian society. Empirically the analysis focuses on Neighbourhood Houses in Greater Vancouver and the Privately-Sponsored Refugee program in Canada. With the interpretative lens on the urban context, the article shows how immigrants and refugees have gained agency and voice in the public arena through place-based communities. The insight into these two empirical cases provides the basis for conceptualizing the socio-political dynamics of immigrant settlement and integration in terms of the effects generated by urban governance structures.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Kanada; Einwanderung; Flüchtling; Migrant; Minderheit; Integration; soziale Integration; politische Integration; soziale Unterstützung; Partizipation; Zivilgesellschaft; multikulturelle Gesellschaft
Klassifikation
Migration
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2018
Seitenangabe
S. 147-156
Zeitschriftentitel
Social Inclusion, 6 (2018) 1
Heftthema
The Transformative Forces of Migration: Refugees and the Re-Configuration of Migration Societies
ISSN
2183-2803
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)