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Hoe veranderen migranten de stad waarin ze zich vestigen? Dit boek onderzoekt hoe de komst van migranten in de twintigste eeuw Amsterdam heeft getransformeerd en hoe hun activiteiten op het gebied van religie, sport, taal en voedsel hebben bijgedragen aan het kosmopolitische karakter van Amsterdam als wereldstad.

Under which circumstances do immigrant transnational political activities emerge into a sustainable transnational community? First, this depends on the transnational political opportunity structure (TPOS) including both immigrant’s country of settlement and the (ancestral) country of origin. Governments’ integration and emigration models – that politically incorporate or exclude immigrants or emigrants – may invite or discourage transnational political action. Second, different models of citizenship of both countries, used to define a migrant’s membership in society, strongly influence the type of transnational activities. At the same time citizenship contains the norms, values, and loyalties immigrants have in their notion of acting as a good (transnational) citizen.

The city of Amsterdam is the largest city in the Netherlands, the Dutch capital, and – in the eyes of chauvinist Amsterdammers – the centre of the universe. But compared to Mumbai, New York, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Tokyo or – closer to home – Istanbul, London and Paris, Amsterdam seems a provincial backwater: while these megacities boast populations in the multi-millions, Amsterdam counts no more than 740,000 residents (O+S 2007: 20). This remains the case even when we expand our focus to include greater Amsterdam, which has just over a million residents. Greater Los Angeles, in contrast, covers an

Current debates about the social position of immigrants and the trajectories they are (or should be) following within their host societies revolve around the concept ofintegration. Originally coined in the United States to describe the black civil rights movement’s goal of lifting the racial segregation of schools and public services, the concept now enjoys popular currency in Europe. It is an umbrella term about settlement that overlaps terms such as acculturation, incorporation, adaptation, inclusion and so on. Some conceive of integration as a norm. Others see it as the final stage of some process. Yet others interpret integration as

BackgroundOccupational injury is a national priority in Bangladesh. However critical gaps remain in small-scale factories. We aimed to assess the feasibility of collaborating with workers to design and implement interventions to improve work safety in two metal factories in Dhaka.MethodsWe implemented a participatory mixed methods before-and-after study articulated over four phases. Phase_1 explored dynamics of injuries, hazards and risks using hazard assessments, surveillance, and in-depth interviews. Triangulation of phase_1 findings informed design and implementation of intervention packages in phase_2. In phase _3 and 4 we repeated hazard assessments and qualitative methods to document changes in hazards and perspectives.ResultsAn average of 65 workers were enrolled with a turnover of 41.5% during the study. Phase_1 data revealed frequent injuries amongst workers (129 over an average of 17 weeks), particularly young workers. Hazard risk scores (HRS) were 54% in factory A and 36% in factory B. Phase_2 intervention packages included engineering controls, personal protective equipment, infrastructure safety and training. Phase_3 showed a two-fold reduction in the HRS in factory A (24%) and a 1.5-fold reduction (21%) in factory B. Phase_4 revealed that improvement was sustained in one factory; the final HRS was 27% in factory A and 36% in factory B. Workers observed improvements in workplace safety but noted challenges in sustainability and worker turnover.ConclusionsIt was feasible to implement interventions improving safety in collaboration with workers, however sustainability was mixed. Findings indicate urgent action is needed to improve safety, particularly for young workers, in small-scale factories.