Objective The main objective of this project is to study the degree of political integration of the foreign immigrant population in several European cities, and therefore to study multicultural democracy at the local level. This project defines the concept of political integration as the combination of the degree of socio-political participation and the level of trust and acceptance of the political values, institutions and elites of the host society.The questions that guide the whole research are the following:- To what extent is the immigrant population politically integrated into the local life of their cities?- Are there significant differences in the degree to which different ethnic, cultural or national groups are politically integrated into the local life?- If such differences exist, what factors help explain the variations in the degree of political integration from one immigrant group to another?The analytical approach of the research considers the potential influence of four types of factors:(1) immigrants' individual characteristics;(2) the structuring of immigrants' organizations along ethnic, national or geo-cultural cleavages;(3) the structure of institutional and discursive opportunities; and(4) the characteristics of the immigrant groups within the host society.The research will collect the necessary information at three different levels of analysis:(1) The contextual or macro level, through the use of secondary sources and interviews with political and administrative authorities;(2) The organizational or meso level, through (a) the study of immigrants' organisational structures and networks, through surveys to immigrants' associations; and (b) the analysis of 'organizational' life histories, through in-depth interviews with the leaders of some of the immigrants' associations.(3) The individual or micro level, through a survey to immigrant residents of different origins (with a control group of national-born citizens). Fields of science social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiespublic policieshumanitieshistory and archaeologyhistoryhumanitiesphilosophy, ethics and religionreligionsislamsocial sciencespolitical sciencesgovernment systemsdemocracysocial sciencessociologydemographyhuman migrations Keywords Local studies Multicultural Democracy Organisational networks Participation Political Integration Political Opportunity Structures Public Policies Social Capital Programme(s) FP6-CITIZENS - Citizens and Governance in a knowledge-based society: Thematic Priority 7 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research Programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) CITIZENS-2004-4.2.2 - Governance for sustainable development CITIZENS - Citizens and governance in a knowledge-based society Call for proposal FP6-2004-CITIZENS-5 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator UNIVERSIDAD DE MURCIA EU contribution No data Address AVENIDA TENIENTE FLOMESTA 5 - EDIFICIO CONVALECENCIA MURCIA Spain See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITE DE GENEVE Switzerland EU contribution No data Address 24, Rue du Général Dufour GENEVE 4 See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FONDATION NATIONALE DES SCIENCES POLITIQUES France EU contribution No data Address Rue Saint-Guillaume 27 PARIS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI TRENTO Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Belenzani 12 TRENTO See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Woodhouse Lane LEEDS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Senate House, Tyndall Avenue BRISTOL See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Oxford Road MANCHESTER See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MTA ETNIKAI-NEMZETI KISEBBSÉGKUTATÓ INTÉZET Hungary EU contribution No data Address Uri u. 53 BUDAPEST See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data