Table of Contents - 6[-]List of figures - 7[-]List of tables - 9[-]Acknowledgements - 10[-]1 Introduction - 12[-]2 The explanatory factors of the immigrant organising process - 31[-]3 Ecological perspectives on the immigrant organising process - 44[-]4 The Turkish organising process in Amsterdam and Berlin: numbers and types, 1960-2000 - 60[-]5 Interorganisational relationships between Turkish organisations in Amsterdam and Berlin, 1970-2000 - 95[-]6 Surinamese and Turkish organisations in Amsterdam, 1960-2000 - 128[-]7 Conclusion - 152[-]Appendix I - 168[-]List of references - 172[-]List of statistical references - 181[-]List of archives - 182[-]Summary (in Dutch) - 183[-]Notes - 189This study focuses on the emergence and persistence of immigrant organisations in host societies. The relevance of immigrant organisations for both the host society and the immigrants themselves has been effectively demonstrated in many different studies. However, the question why immigrant organisations emerge and why they often persist over a lon