243 Immigration and Political Representation

Friday, July 10, 2015: 9:00 AM-10:45 AM
S09 (13 rue de l'Université)
Increasingly, European politics is not only about immigration, but is conducted by immigrants and their offspring.  Growing numbers of voters and political candidates have a migrant background.  These social changes provide new angles on enduring questions about political representation.  How do politicians represent diverse interests?  When interests conflict, which groups prevail?  How are substantive political outcomes affected by democratic procedures such as voting rules?  This panel addresses these questions and more.  We present both quantitative and qualitative research on local and national politics in Germany, France, the UK and Belgium.  Together, the papers on this panel reveal how some of the newest Europeans envision their political futures.
Organizer:
Alex Street
Chair:
Karen Schönwälder
Discussant :
Floris Vermeulen
Migrants and Natives in German City Politics
Karen Schönwälder, Max Planck Institute for the study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity; Alex Street, Carroll College; Daniel Volkert, Max Planck Institute for the study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity
Ethnicity and Preferential Voting in Belgium
Silvia Erzeel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Pierre Baudewyns, Université catholique de Louvain; Steven M. Van Hauwaert, Université catholique de Louvain
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