Reframing Immigrant Resistance: Alliances, Conflicts, and Racialization in Italy [Paperback]

Introduction  1. The Italian Context and Methodology  2. A Theoretical Model of Local Dynamics: Alliances and Conflicts in Context  3. Civic Participation in a City of Intercultural Dialogue  4. Multiple Forms of Participation in a Stronghold of the Left  5. Political Contention amid the Rise of the Northern League  6. Obstructing Participation in a Stronghold of the Catholic Church  7. Political Racialization and Resistance  Conclusion  Appendix A: Research Design and Methodology  Appendix B: List of interviews conducted in Reggio Emilia  Appendix C: List of interviews conducted in Bologna  Appendix D: List of interviews conducted in Brescia  Appendix E: List of interviews conducted in Bergamo

This book focuses on the political participation and grassroots mobilization of immigrants and ethnic minorities. Based on extensive data collected in Italy, it investigates what might explain variations in forms of political participation and grassroots mobilization at the local level.

Brilliantly theorized and rigorously researched, Reframing Resistance draws from and makes critical contributions to research on European and North American migration, social movements, and critical race studies. Teresa Cappialis comparative analysis of migrant mobilizations, alliances, and intra-movement tensions will be widely read and the definitive book on immigrant rights activism in Italy.

Chris Zepeda-Mill?n, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA

This is by no means a detached book, but one that is engaged and is engaging in research that addresses extremely relevant issues in migration studies - namelÓ>