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Political Science General

Just Ordinary Citizens?

Towards a Comparative Portrait of the Political Immigrant

edited by Antoine Bilodeau

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Apr 2016
Category
General, General, Social Services & Welfare
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781442646483
    Publish Date
    Feb 2016
    List Price
    $74.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781442614444
    Publish Date
    Feb 2016
    List Price
    $43.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442665835
    Publish Date
    Apr 2016
    List Price
    $33.95

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Since the 1960s, the number of immigrants living in liberal democracies has been steadily rising. Despite the existence of numerous studies on social, economic, and geographic integration, few books have addressed the integration of immigrants into the politics of their host countries. When it comes to politics, are immigrants just ordinary citizens?

This edited collection considers the political integration of immigrants in a number of liberal democracies. Just Ordinary Citizens? offers a behavioural perspective on the political integration of immigrants, describing and analysing the relationships that immigrants develop with politics in their host countries. The chapters provide both unique national insights and a comparative perspective on the national case studies, while editor Antoine Bilodeau offers both a framework within which to understand these examples and a systematic review of more than 300 studies of immigrant political integration from the last sixty years.

About the author

Antoine Bilodeau is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Concordia University and a member of the Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship.

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