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

1st Edition

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

Edited By Karen Bird, Thomas Saalfeld, Andreas M. Wüst Copyright 2011
304 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

304 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

304 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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In 2005, almost 700,000 immigrants acquired the citizenship of a member state of the European Union; over 600,000 became US citizens; nearly 100,000 became Australians and approximately 200,000 Canadians. 2005 was not an exceptional year. During the past decades, many advanced liberal democracies have become more ethnically diverse societies. This book breaks new ground in the analysis of the... Read more

List of Tables  List of Figures  List of Contributors  Series editor’s preface  Preface  Acknowledgements  1. Migration and Political Representation: An Introduction and a Framework - Karen Bird, Thomas Saalfeld, and Andreas M. Wüst  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 - Sara Claro da Fonseca  5. Minority Representation in Norway: Success at the Local Level, Failure at the National Level - Johannes Bergh and Tor Bjørklund  6. Ethnic Inclusion or Exclusion in Representation? Local Candidate Selection in Sweden - Maritta Soininen  7. Yes They Can: An Experimental Approach to Eligibility of Ethnic Minority Candidates in France - Sylvain Brouard and Vincent Tiberj  Part III: Immigrants and Members of Visible Minorities as Legislators  8. Minority Representation in the US Congress - Jason Casellas and David Leal  9. Patterns of Substantive Representation Among Visible Minority MPs: Evidence from Canada’s House of Commons - Karen Bird  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 - Andreas M. Wüst  12. Epilogue: Toward a Strategic Model of Minority Participation and Representation - Thomas Saalfeld, Andreas M. Wüst and Karen Bird

　

Biography

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.

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