Civil society organisations and the local politics of migration: how funding contexts matter
Abstract Migration studies have highlighted the crucial role of civil society organisations (CSOs) in the local politics of migration. Less explored is the impact of the material conditions under which CSOs operate. And yet CSOs delivering public services to migrant and racialised populations often...
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| description | Abstract Migration studies have highlighted the crucial role of civil society organisations (CSOs) in the local politics of migration. Less explored is the impact of the material conditions under which CSOs operate. And yet CSOs delivering public services to migrant and racialised populations often rely on public funding which has been significantly restructured since neoliberal welfare reforms in many Western countries in the 1990s. This article examines how funding contexts shape the opportunities of CSOs to influence local policymaking on migration and migration-related change from a cross-country and cross-city comparative perspective. Based on the empirical analysis of four cities in France and Germany and a comprehensive dataset comprising interviews, observations and documents, we argue that funding contexts significantly impact on CSOs’ potential to shape local policymaking. They do so by enhancing and restricting (1) CSOs’ access to spaces of policymaking as well as (2) CSOs’ capacities for political engagement. We demonstrate the mediating importance of specific funding structures and politics at both national and local scales as well as the role of state-CSO relations in manifesting and reproducing these funding contexts. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c390e0a02f2a4e2b827424ba06080b322025-01-19T12:13:55ZengSpringerOpenComparative Migration Studies2214-594X2025-01-0113111710.1186/s40878-024-00420-0Civil society organisations and the local politics of migration: how funding contexts matterChristine Lang0Elisabeth Badenhoop1University of Osnabruck, Institute of Geography | Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural StudiesSchool of Human and Social Sciences, University of WuppertalAbstract Migration studies have highlighted the crucial role of civil society organisations (CSOs) in the local politics of migration. Less explored is the impact of the material conditions under which CSOs operate. And yet CSOs delivering public services to migrant and racialised populations often rely on public funding which has been significantly restructured since neoliberal welfare reforms in many Western countries in the 1990s. This article examines how funding contexts shape the opportunities of CSOs to influence local policymaking on migration and migration-related change from a cross-country and cross-city comparative perspective. Based on the empirical analysis of four cities in France and Germany and a comprehensive dataset comprising interviews, observations and documents, we argue that funding contexts significantly impact on CSOs’ potential to shape local policymaking. They do so by enhancing and restricting (1) CSOs’ access to spaces of policymaking as well as (2) CSOs’ capacities for political engagement. We demonstrate the mediating importance of specific funding structures and politics at both national and local scales as well as the role of state-CSO relations in manifesting and reproducing these funding contexts.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-024-00420-0Civil society organisations (CSOs)Local politics of migrationPublic fundingResource dependenceNeoliberalisationComparison |
| spellingShingle | Christine Lang Elisabeth Badenhoop Civil society organisations and the local politics of migration: how funding contexts matter Comparative Migration Studies Civil society organisations (CSOs) Local politics of migration Public funding Resource dependence Neoliberalisation Comparison |
| title | Civil society organisations and the local politics of migration: how funding contexts matter |
| title_full | Civil society organisations and the local politics of migration: how funding contexts matter |
| title_fullStr | Civil society organisations and the local politics of migration: how funding contexts matter |
| title_full_unstemmed | Civil society organisations and the local politics of migration: how funding contexts matter |
| title_short | Civil society organisations and the local politics of migration: how funding contexts matter |
| title_sort | civil society organisations and the local politics of migration how funding contexts matter |
| topic | Civil society organisations (CSOs) Local politics of migration Public funding Resource dependence Neoliberalisation Comparison |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-024-00420-0 |
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