The Political Representation of Immigrants and Minorities: Voters, Parties and Parliaments in Liberal Democracies

by Bird; Karen

• ISBN13: 9780415492720
• ISBN10: 0415492726
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-09-17
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book breaks new ground in the analysis of the political representation of immigrants and visible minorities in European and North American democracies, focussing on voting, candiadate selection, political parties, and legislative behaviour.

Table of Contents

List of figures	p. xi
List of tables	p. xii
List of contributors	p. xiv
Series editor's preface	p. xvi
Preface	p. xviii
Acknowledgements	p. xx
Ethnic diversity, political participation and representation: a theoretical framework	p. 1
Immigrants and members of visible minorities as voters: turnout and party choice	p. 23
Voter turnout among immigrants and visible minorities in comparative perspective	p. 25
Party choices among immigrants and visible minorities in comparative perspective	p. 66
Immigrants and members of visible minorities as candidates for elective office	p. 107
New citizens - new candidates? Candidate selection and the mobilization of immigrant voters in German elections	p. 109
Minority representation in Norway: success at the local level; failure at the national level	p. 128
Ethnic inclusion or exclusion in representation? Local candidate selection in Sweden	p. 145
Yes they can: an experimental approach to the eligibility of ethnic minority candidates in France	p. 164
Immigrants and members of visible minorities as legislators	p. 181
Minority representation in the US Congress	p. 183
Patterns of substantive representation among visible minority MPs: evidence from Canada's House of Commons	p. 207
Presence and behaviour: black and minority ethnic MPs in the British House of Commons	p. 230
Migrants as parliamentary actors in Germany	p. 250
Epilogue: towards a strategic model of minority participation and representation	p. 266
Index	p. 276
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