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Engagement in migrant organizations for immigrant integration: A mixed-method study with Peruvians in Chile

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  • Daniela Marzana

    (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
    CERISVICO Research Centre On Community Development and Organisational Quality of Life)

  • Sara Martinez Damia

    (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
    CERISVICO Research Centre On Community Development and Organisational Quality of Life)

  • Elena Marta

    (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
    CERISVICO Research Centre On Community Development and Organisational Quality of Life)

  • Maura Pozzi

    (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
    CERISVICO Research Centre On Community Development and Organisational Quality of Life)

  • Maria Loreto Martínez

    (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

Abstract

Immigrant communities in Chile face barriers to their integration, in the form of discrimination and social exclusion. Psychology of liberation claims that, when minority groups experience oppressing conditions, community engagement can be a path toward integration. Nevertheless, community participation has been mainly studied in North America and Europe. Through a concurrent nested mixed-method design, this study explores the relation between community engagement and perception of integration of Peruvian immigrants in Santiago de Chile. One hundred and ten Peruvians (age range 19 to 52 years), engaged in migrant organizations (MOs), completed a self-report questionnaire that aims to identify the predictors of integration based on psychosocial perspective (education), acculturation (national identity and ethnic identity), and liberation psychology literature (perceived institutional sensitivity, knowledge of the Chilean culture and laws). Additionally, 18 Peruvian leaders (ages 31 to 56 years) were interviewed in order to explore intergroup relations and organizational strategies that their MOs use to enhance integration. An interesting and novel finding points to the role of a Latin-American identity that appears to have potential negative consequences in maintaining the status quo for the social exclusion that Peruvians currently face.

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  • Daniela Marzana & Sara Martinez Damia & Elena Marta & Maura Pozzi & Maria Loreto Martínez, 2022. "Engagement in migrant organizations for immigrant integration: A mixed-method study with Peruvians in Chile," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer, vol. 23(4), pages 2125-2146, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joimai:v:23:y:2022:i:4:d:10.1007_s12134-021-00928-9
    DOI: 10.1007/s12134-021-00928-9
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