Samhörighet och struktur - en studie av invandrargruppens politiska mobilisering
Political mobilizationCollective actionImmigrantsImmigrant organizationsPolitical and administrative sciencesStatsvetenskapFörvaltningskunskapLaw and Political Science
This essay deals with the paradox of why the immigrants in Sweden, despite their considerable size of 12 % of the population and common interest and living opportunities, haven?t mobilized politically in any significant way. The aim with this essay is to reach a theoretical understanding of why this paradox exist. By the use of a critical case and a theoretical model, based on theories of collective action, the conclusion of this essay is that, despite the fact that the immigrants have a common interest and an organizational structure, the immigrants in Sweden has not mobilized politically in any significant way. The main reason for this is that they have a weak common identity and they don?t have the structural opportunities to act.