Political narrations and frame processes concerning the speech of the associations involved in the Forum for the Social Integration of Spain Inmigrants

Abstract

This article carries out a detailed analysis of the political messages constructed by the immigrants associations which are part of the Forum for the Social Integration of the Spain Immigrants. The author has opted to make use of the «frame analysis» theoretical mark (McAdams, McCarthy and Zald, 1999; Snow, Benford and Hunt, 1993), analytic category coming from the «symbolic interactionism» of Goffman (1974), considered as a central element in the identity formation of the social actors and in their «social performance», as well as in the definition of problematic, causes and solutions of their demands. Secondarily, the author addresses the resonance of their proposals and their political and social programs in different «audiences» in order to evaluate the political impact of their speeches.