THE POLITICAL INCORPORATION OF IMMIGRANT ASSOCIATIONS AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS OF THE ROMANIAN RESIDENTS IN SPAIN.

This paper addresses the question of the political incorporation of Romanian immigrant organizations in Spain. By looking at the immigrant associations and the religious organizations, we propose an analytical framework that reveals a better understanding of why some organizations are more successful than others in being visible and gaining policy influence in the receiving context. To that extent, we show how the political opportunity structures in Spain and Romania, the transnational religious solidarity and the organizational resources play out in the process of political incorporation of immigrant organizations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]