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

Informationen zum Autor Karen Bird is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, McMaster University, Canada. Thomas Saalfeld is Professor of Political Science at the University of Bamberg, Germany. Andreas M. Wüst is Research Fellow at the Mannheim Center for European Social Research, University of Mannheim, Germany. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Migration and Political Representation: An Introduction and a Framework Part I: Immigrants and Members of Visible Minorities as Voters: Turnout and Party Choice 2. Voter Turnout amongst Immigrants and Visible Minorities in Comparative Perspective 3. Party Choices amongst Immigrants and Visible Minorities in Comparative Perspective Part II: Immigrants and Members of Visible Minorities as Candidates for Elective Office 4. New Citizens – New Candidates? Candidate Selection and the Mobilisation of Immigrant Voters in German Elections 5. Minority Representation in Norway: Success at the Local Level, Failure at the National Level 6. Ethnic Inclusion or Exclusion in Representation? Local Candidate Selection in Sweden 7. Yes They Can: An Experimental Approach to Eligibility of Ethnic Minority Candidates in France Part III: Immigrants and Members of Visible Minorities as Legislators 8. Minority Representation in the US Congress 9. Patterns of Substantive Representation Among Visible Minority MPs: Evidence from Canada’s House of Commons 10. Presence and Behaviour: Black and Minority Ethnic MPs in the British House of Commons - Thomas Saalfeld and Kalliopi Kyriakopoulou 11. Migrants as Parliamentary Actors in Germany 12. Epilogue: Toward a Strategic Model of Minority Participation and Representation ...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Karen Bird, Karen (Mcmaster University Bird, Karen Saalfeld Bird, BIRD KAREN SAALFELD THOMAS WUST, Karen Bird
• Collaboration: Karen Bird (Editeur), Bird Karen (Editeur), Thomas Saalfeld (Editeur), Saalfeld Thomas (Editeur), Andreas M. Wust (Editeur), Andreas M Wüst (Editeur), Andreas M. Wüst (Editeur)
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 13.08.2010
• EAN: 9780415492720
• ISBN: 978-0-415-49272-0
• Pages: 304
• Thèmes: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science; Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique; Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Elections & referenda, Political parties and party platforms, Elections and referenda / suffrage