ABSTRACT

This paper analyses immigrant political incorporation through the political opportunity structure (POS) approach. This research acknowledges the contemporary interactions between the agency of Latinos and the political context of Chicago. The agency has three dimensions in the analysis: organisation, mobilisation, and policy incidence. The research design consists of a qualitative case study that includes observation and elite interviews. The main finding is how the degree of political inclusiveness of the city and the contextual factors merge with the multipronged agency, leading to complex interactions. Latinos in Chicago are experiencing the following dilemmas: 1) mainstreaming vs. autonomy in the case of organisation, 2) the simultaneous use of contentious and uncontentious mobilisations, and 3) the generation of community innovations to avoid depoliticisation.

摘要

本文通过政治机会结构 (POS) 方法分析移民政治融入。这项研究承认拉丁美洲人的代理与芝加哥的政治背景之间的当代互动。该机构在分析中具有三个维度：组织、动员和政策影响。研究设计包括定性案例研究，包括观察和精英访谈。主要发现是城市的政治包容度和背景因素如何与多管齐下的机构融合，从而导致复杂的互动。芝加哥的拉丁美洲人正在经历以下困境：1）在组织的情况下，主流化与自治，2）同时使用有争议和无争议的动员，