Participación ciudadana y asociaciones de inmigrantes

Abstract

Until shortly after the year 2000, research on immigrant associations has been mainly carried out in Spain by sociologists and mostly from a socio-psychological approach, also encompassing only local contexts. Later on, the interest in these associations shown by political scientists in Europe since the mid-90s, is extended in Spain to research on the political activity of immigrant associations. This paper aims to briefly examine the methodological differences with which research in each case has proceeded and the main conclusions reached depending on them.