Political activism of the migrant civil society and local government: migration public policy in San Francisco / Activismo político de la sociedad civil migrante y gobierno local: la política pública migratoria en San Francisco

Abstract

This article stems from the analysis of historical and ethnographic data: (1) political interactions between civil society and local and state governments concerning the field of migration public policy in the city of San Francisco, California; (2) based on the governmental and societal actors that are interrelated in a specific field of immigration policy; (3) that express cultural-political projects for local development of public policy in immigration matters; (4) which express the trajectories and codes of action of the social and political groups which are interrelated in the process, and 5) are studied through the analysis of socio-state interfaces.

Keywords

• Local development
• local government
• interface
• migration
• political activism and public policy