The Political Behavior of Migrants and the National Consciousness of Host Society

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K03543
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Politics
• Research Institution: Ehime University
• Principal Investigator: Kajiwara Katsuhiko 愛媛大学, 法文学部, 教授 (10378515)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 移民 / 帰化市民

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research is to explore the political behavior of the people with migrant’s background, especially in relation to the national consciousness of a host society. As regards the election behavior of new citizens, it is pointed out that they often support the middle-left party, generous toward immigrants. In the case of Austria, migrant people from Turkey followed such a pattern, yet, those from Serbia deviated from it, strongly supporting FPOe. The political behavior of a naturalized person is not only motivated by class interests but also by identity politics. Here one can observe the process by which he/she identify themselves with social images presented by parties of the host society.

Free Research Field

政治学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

従来、「移民と政治」をめぐる問題では移民排斥政党の動きに注目が集まってきた。しかし、現在、移民の増大と社会統合の進展によって移民の背景を持つ帰化系の市民の数が増えたことを受けて、こうした帰化市民の票を獲得しようとする各政党の動きが登場している。本研究は、移民を政治の外在的要因と見るのではなく、政治的アクターとして位置づけ、それが「移民を惹きつけよう」とする新たな政党の動きを生み出している点に注目した。