Cities and Social Movements : Immigrant Rights Activism in the US, France, and the Netherlands, 1970-2015.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Nicholls, Walter J.
Other Authors:	Uitermark, Justus
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Somerset : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2016.
Series:	Studies in Urban and Social Change Ser.
Subjects:	Emigration and immigration > Political aspects. Emigration and immigration > Social aspects. Immigrants > Civil rights. Municipal government > Citizen participation > Cross-cultural studies. Spatial behavior > Cross-cultural studies. Social movements > Cross-cultural studies. Social action > Cross-cultural studies. United States > Emigration and immigration > Political aspects. France > Emigration and immigration > Political aspects. Netherlands > Emigration and immigration > Political aspects. Immigrants > Government policy > United States. Immigrants > Government policy > France. Immigrants > Government policy > Netherlands. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Title Page ; Copyright Page; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Sparks of€Resistance; Where There Are Borders, There Are Resistances; Where Small Resistances Take Root and€Grow into Big Mobilizations; Policing Resistance through the€Urban Grassroots; Overview of€the€Book; Conclusions; Chapter 2 Rethinking Movements from€the€Bottom Up; Rethinking the€Space of€National Social Movements from€the€Bottom Up; Reconnecting Cities and€Social Movements; Cities as€Relational Incubators; Controlling the€Grassroots; Conclusions; Part I The Birth of€Immigrant Rights€Activism.
Chapter 3 Making Space for€Immigrant Rights Activism in€Los AngelesGovernment Restrictions on€Immigrants and€Rights; The Activist Landscape in€Los Angeles's Eastside; Organizing for€Immigrant Rights in€Los Angeles; Conclusions; Chapter 4 Radical Entanglements in€Paris; Government Restrictions on€Immigrants and€Rights; The Activist Landscape in€Paris; Mobilizing against Government Repression; The Flourishing Immigrant Rights Movement in€the€Early 1980s; Conclusions; Chapter 5 Placing Protest in€Amsterdam; Government Restrictions on€Immigration and€Immigrant Rights.
The Activist Landscape in€AmsterdamOrganizing for€Immigrants' Rights in€the€1970s and€1980s; Conclusions; Part II Urban Landscapes of€Control and€Contention; Chapter 6 The Laissez-Faire State: Re-politicizing Immigrants in Los Angeles ; Government Constraints on€Eastside Activism; The New Landscapes of€Activism in€Central Los Angeles; Connecting Clusters, Agglomerating Activism, Forming an€Activist Hub; Conclusions; Chapter 7 The Uneven Reach of€the€State: The Partial Pacification of€Paris; Political Integration through Ethnic Management and€Territorial€Encapsulation.
The Limits of€Control: Autonomous NGOs and€Unruly CollectifsConclusions; Chapter 8 The Cooptative State: The€Pacification of€Contentious Immigrant Politics in€Amsterdam; Political Integration through Ethnic and€Territorial Encapsulation; Unanticipated Contention and€the€Flexible Adaptation of€the€Dutch State; Conclusions; Part III New Geographies of€Immigrant Rights Movements; Chapter 9 Los Angeles as€a€Center of€the€National Immigrant Rights Movement; Localizing Immigrant Repression and€the€New Landscapes of€Grievances; Incubating Grassroots Resistances.
Nationalizing and€Centralizing the€Immigrant Rights MovementRealigning the€Movement from€the€Grassroots Up; Conclusions; Chapter 10 Paris as€Head of€Splintering Resistances; Landscapes of€Grievances and€Localizing State Repression; The Social Movement Space: Paris as€a€Centralizing Hub; Strengthening the€Center, Multiplying the€Peripheries; The Implosion of€the€Social Movement Space; Conclusions; Chapter 11 Divergent Geographies of€Immigrant Rights Contention in€the€Netherlands; Personalizing Immigration Politics; Sahar and€Mauro: Personalizing Immigration Politics and€Opening Niches.