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Immigrant Cohesion and Political Access in Influencing Foreign Policy
Ist Teil von
SAIS review (Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies), 2002-07, Vol.22 (2), p.145-165
Ort / Verlag
Washington: Johns Hopkins University Press
Erscheinungsjahr
2002
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Beschreibungen/Notizen
Two factors limit the political power of immigrant groups in the national policymaking of their host country. The first is the immigrant group’s cohesion, based on organizational and material capabilities. The second is the group’s access to political power, determined largely by the political institutions of each host society. Thus, in countries that facilitate the acquisition of citizenship and grant other participatory rights, immigrant groups that are large, homogeneous, and well organized will have greater influence over their host country’s foreign policy. Conversely, in countries where immigrants are less organized and less able to participate in the political process, they will have less influence. Ultimately though, immigrant influence matters only if immigrant preferences are distinctive from those of the host society. This can be illustrated by examining Turkish immigrants in the Federal Republic of Germany and German foreign policy toward Turkey, and comparing this case with that of Cuban immigrants in the United States.