Migration and Activism in Europe since 1945

WENDY POJMANN is Assistant Professor of modern European history at Siena College in Loudonville, New York, USA. She is the author of Immigrant Women and Feminism in Italy (2006).

"Pojmann's volume is a 'must-read' for anyone hoping to understand the myriad issues facing immigrant communities in Europe. The essays show immigrants as vital political and social actors with a dynamic role to play in Western Europe. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars across disciplines." - Lori Marso, Professor of Political Science, Union College "Wendy Pojmann's collection of essays reminds us that migrants are political actors, which we too often forget, and rarely study. The fact is universal, but historical and national contexts, migrants' situation and gender, shape their political agenda and activities. Only a truly comparative and multidisciplinary endeavor such as this, could then allow us to grasp the complexity and diversity of migrant politics in Western Europe during the last half-century and still capture the common dynamics at work in European post-colonial societies. The authors offer us an exciting new field of investigation and some solid guidelines." - Dr. Philippe Rygiel, Center for Twentieth Century Social History, University of Paris I (Sorbonne)

• Introduction; W.Pojmann PART I: MIGRANT ACTIVISTS IN NATIONAL AND TRANSNATIONAL SOCIAL MOVEMENTS For the Nation and for Work: Black Activism in 1960s Paris; F.Germain Dissident Guests: Afro-Asian Students and Transnational Activism in the West German Protest Movement; Q.Slobodian The Kurdish Conundrum in Europe: Political Opportunities and Transnational Activism; V.Eccarius-Kelly The French 'Sans-Papiers' Movement: An Unfinished Struggle; J.Freedman PART II: MIGRANT ACTIVISTS IN TRADE UNIONS AND PARTY POLITICS The Example of a Communist Paper Aimed at Algerian Immigrants:  L'Algérien en France (1950–1960); C.Izambert Parties of Muslim Persuasion and the Left in Ceuta, Spain; G.A.Torres Colón Immigrants and the Brussels Labor Movement: Activism, Integration and Exclusion since 1945; E.Schandevyl 'From Camel-boy to MP:' The Politics of Agency and Exclusion in Swedish Political Parties; M.Dahlstedt PART III: MIGRANT ACTIVISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN OUTSIDER POLITICS State Management of Immigrant Organizations in Sweden; O.Karan 'We're right here!' The Invisibility of Migrant Women in European Women's Movements: The Case of Italy; W.Pojmann The Political Participation of Berlin's Turkish Migrants in the Dual Citizenship and Headscarf Debates: A Multi-Level Comparison; A.Boucher French Dressing: Race, Gender, and the Hijab Story; J.Ezekiel