Workshop

Friday, November 5, 2010

Institute of Sociology,

Room H. Janne, 15th floor

9h00-9h15 - Registration

 

9h15-9h30 - Introduction - Dirk Jacobs (ULB)

9h30-10h30 - Overview of the book: Morales, Laura and Marco Giugni (eds.), forthcoming Social Capital, Political Participation and Migration in Europe. Making Multicultural Democracy Work?. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

Laura Morales (Univ. of Manchester) and Marco Giugni (Univ. de Genève)

 

10h30-11h00 -- Coffee break

11h00-12h00 - “Individual political participation of migrants in Brussels” - Barbara Herman (ULB)

- “Migrant organizations in Brussels” - Rebecca Thys (ULB)

 

12h00-13h30 -- Lunch break

 

13h30-15h00 - "The structure of migrants' organizational networks"- Mario Diani (University of Trento and University Pompeu Fabra Barcelona)

- “The impact of political opportunity structures on organizational characteristics and activities: A comparative analysis of immigrants' organizations”- Nina Eggert and Marco Giugni (Université de Genève)

- “Networks and political activities of migrant organizations in 5 European cities”-Katia Pilati (ULB) and Nina Eggert (Université de Genève)

 

15h00-15h30 -- Coffee break

 

15h30-17h00 - “Civic Participation and Political Attitudes among Immigrant Women in Lisbon.” Ana Paula Beja Horta (Open University, Lisbon/Centre of Studies on Migration and Intercultural Relations)

- “Bridging or bonding? The nature of the social capital of Latin American Immigrants in Spain” - Laura Morales (University of Manchester)

- “Why some Amsterdam Muslims become radicals” Ana Paula Beja Horta (Open University, Lisbon/Centre of Studies on Migration and Intercultural Relations) - Jean Tillie (IMES, University of Amsterdam)

Dans le cadre du projet de Mandat d’Impulsion Scientifique - FNRS “Ethnic social capital and its impact on generalised trust and political participation among ethnic minority groups”

Information & reservations : ibussoli@ulb.ac.be