4266 - Noncitizen Political Activism

Session Submission Type: Paper Session 100min

Description

Conventional wisdom and many accounts of political activism assume citizenship, even in cases when voting rights or other political activities are denied or repressed. How can people make political claims when they do not hold the citizenship of the place where they live? When, how and why do they mobilize, especially if political action could make them vulnerable to deportation and removal from the political system? When do political systems address noncitizens’ claims and when do they ignore or suppress them? Topics relevant to this panel include, but are not limited to, noncitizen voting rights, immigrant social movement activism, political and national identities, far-right anti-immigrant activism, media depictions of noncitizens, public opinion, courts as political venues, and EU citizenship.

Sub Unit

• Section on Political Sociology / Non-Citizen Political Activism

Session Organizer

• Irene H.I. Bloemraad, University of California-Berkeley

Presider

• Karina Chavarria, University of California-Los Angeles

Individual Presentations

• Forced Migration Management and Social Control: Shifting Mobility Regimes for Refugees and IDPs in Ukraine - Raphi Rechitsky, National University

• Pathways to Political Engagement for Undocumented Immigrants: The Role of Place and Local Immigration Law - Angela S. Garcia, University of Chicago

• Radical Compassion: The Role of Emotions in the Changing Nature of Finnish Anti-racism - Maija Jokela, University of Tampere

Discussant

• Lisa M. Martinez, University of Denver