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<p>Immigrant associations in Germany are increasingly approached as experts and included in administrative action. This article develops a heuristic informed by governmentality studies to analyse this cooperation practice. A document analysis shows that immigrant associations are addressed as “bridge builders” between public administration and migrants. Interviews with actors in a municipal cooperation setting in Berlin reveal the paradoxes of this interpellation as well as reflexive strategies of organisational self-positioning.</p>
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Immigrant associations in Germany are increasingly approached as experts and included in administrative action. This article develops a heuristic informed by governmentality studies to analyse this cooperation practice. A document analysis shows that immigrant associations are addressed as “bridge builders” between public administration and migrants. Interviews with actors in a municipal cooperation setting in Berlin reveal the paradoxes of this interpellation as well as reflexive strategies of organisational self-positioning.

“Bridge Builders” in the Dispositif of Collaborative Inclusion. Enactments of Expertise in Cooperations between Local Administrations and Immigrant Associations

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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Immigrant associations in Germany are increasingly approached as experts and included in administrative action. This article develops a heuristic informed by...

“Bridge Builders” in the Dispositif of Collaborative Inclusion. Enactments of Expertise in Cooperations between Local Administrations and Immigrant Associations

Published Online: Nov 07, 2022

Page range: 465 - 487

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2022-0023

Keywords
Immigrant associations, public administration, governmentality, expertise, ethnicization

© 2022 Daniel Schumann, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

“Bridge Builders” in the Dispositif of Collaborative Inclusion. Enactments of Expertise in Cooperations between Local Administrations and Immigrant Associations

Published Online: Nov 07, 2022

Page range: 465 - 487

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2022-0023

KeywordsImmigrant associations, public administration, governmentality, expertise, ethnicization

© 2022 Daniel Schumann, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Immigrant associations, public administration, governmentality, expertise, ethnicization