Migration and Activism in Europe since 1945

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Wendy Pojmann

      Pages 1-12

3. Migrant Activists in National and Transnational Social Movements

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. For the Nation and for Work: Black Activism in Paris of the 1960s

      • Felix Germain

      Pages 15-32

   3. Dissident Guests: Afro-Asian Students and Transnational Activism in the West German Protest Movement

      • Quinn Slobodian

      Pages 33-55

   4. The Kurdish Conundrum in Europe: Political Opportunities and Transnational Activism

      • Vera Eccarius-Kelly

      Pages 57-80

   5. The French “Sans-Papiers” Movement: An Unfinished Struggle

      • Jane Freedman

      Pages 81-96

4. Migrant Activists in Trade Unions and Party Politics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97

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   2. The Example of a Communist Paper Aimed at Algerian Immigrants: L ’ Algérien en France (1950–1960)

      • Caroline Izambert

      Pages 99-110

   3. Parties of Muslim Persuasion and the Left in Ceuta, Spain

      • Gabriel Alejandro Torres Colón

      Pages 111-128

   4. Immigrants and the Brussels Labor Movement: Activism, Integration, and Exclusion since 1945

      • Eva Schandevyl

      Pages 129-150

   5. “From Camel-Boy to MP”: The Politics of Agency and Exclusion in Swedish Political Parties

      • Magnus Dahlstedt

      Pages 151-172

5. Migrant Activists and Organizations in Outsider Politics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173

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   2. State Management of Immigrant Organizations in Sweden

      • Olgu Karan

      Pages 175-192

   3. “We’re right here!”: The Invisibility of Migrant Women in European Women’s Movements—The Case of Italy

      • Wendy Pojmann

      Pages 193-207

   4. The Political Participation of Berlin’s Turkish Migrants in the Dual Citizenship and Headscarf Debates: A Multilevel Comparison

      • Anna Boucher

      Pages 209-231

   5. French Dressing: Race, Gender, and the Hijab Story

      • Judith Ezekiel

      Pages 233-249

6. Back Matter

   Pages 251-274

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The political and social activism of immigrants to Europe since 1945 takes the spotlight in this volume. Each chapter draws on research from international scholars, offering a riveting look at a variety of migrant experiences and providing welcome comparisons of the impact of migration on different countries.

• Citizenship
• communism
• desegregation
• Europe
• France
• gender
• migration
• nation
• participation
• Political Participation
• Protest
• Spain
• european union politics

"Pojmann's volume is a 'must-read' for anyone hoping to understand the myriad issues facing immigrant communities in Europe. The essays show immigrants as vital political and social actors with a dynamic role to play in Western Europe. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars across disciplines." - Lori Marso, Professor of Political Science, Union College

"Wendy Pojmann's collection of essays reminds us that migrants are political actors, which we too often forget, and rarely study. The fact is universal, but historical and national contexts, migrants' situation and gender, shape their political agenda and activities. Only a truly comparative and multidisciplinary endeavor such as this, could then allow us to grasp the complexity and diversity of migrant politics in Western Europe during the last half-century and still capture the common dynamics at work in European post-colonial societies. The authors offer us an exciting new field of investigation and some solid guidelines." - Dr. Philippe Rygiel, Center for Twentieth Century Social History, University of Paris I (Sorbonne)

WENDY POJMANN is Assistant Professor of modern European history at Siena College in Loudonville, New York, USA. She is the author of Immigrant Women and Feminism in Italy (2006).

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