Bending without breaking the mould: race and political representation in the United Kingdom

Saggar, Shamit

doi:10.1080/0031322x.2012.745991

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“…Recent studies show us that a majority of political parties – including those deemed conservative and right-wing – in Western countries respond pragmatically to changes within the electoral composition. Even traditionalist parties have started removing their barriers and embracing a greater diversity in their parliamentary composition (Bird, 2012; Murray, 2016; Saggar, 2013; van der Zwan et al., 2019). Nevertheless, studies on the substantive representation of immigrant minorities (Aydemir and Vliegenthart, 2016; Bajpai, 2019; Bird, 2005; Saalfeld, 2011; Wüst, 2014) reveal a different picture.…”

Section: H1: Minority Representatives Use Less Supportive Representat...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Tracing roots of group representation among MPs with immigrant backgrounds: A content analysis on parliamentary questions in the Netherlands

Aydemir¹,

Vliegenthart²

2021

Ethnicities

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This study investigates the representative patterns of MPs with immigrant backgrounds in the case of the Netherlands. Departing from existing literature on minority representatives, we claim that minority representatives can adopt suppressive, as well as supportive, framings when addressing constituencies with whom they share similar backgrounds. A content analysis was conducted on the parliamentary work of minority representatives to detect which frames those representatives adopt when they address cultural and/or religious rights and liberties. As for explanatory variables, we examined the role of the retreat from multicultural policies in the Netherlands on the one hand and individual and group related variables on the other. Our content analysis reveals no fundamental linear shift towards more suppressive framing during the 2002–2017 period. Minority MPs from progressive parties are more likely to use supportive frames than those MPs from conservative parties. Coming from a Turkish background – the most organized ethnic group with the highest social capital in the country – significantly adds to the likelihood of a supportive form of representation. Gender is another significant variable explaining where minority representatives stand, with male MPs being more inclined to use supportive frames on ethnic and/or religious rights and liberties than female MPs.

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Section: H1: Minority Representatives Use Less Supportive Representat...mentioning

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Tracing roots of group representation among MPs with immigrant backgrounds: A content analysis on parliamentary questions in the Netherlands

Aydemir¹,

Vliegenthart²

2021

Ethnicities

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“…The presence of minority representatives in decision-making bodies carries significant weight as their absence certainly points to the fact that something is amiss. However, their inclusion does not necessarily guarantee policies that are more sensitive to minority interests (Pitkin 1967, 60-92;Bird 2005, 455;Celis et al 2008, 104;Saggar 2013).…”

Section: Descriptive and Substantive Representations Of Immigrant Minmentioning

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Public discourse on minorities: how discursive opportunities shape representative patterns in the Netherlands and the UK

Aydemir

Vliegenthart

2017

Nationalities Papers

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Recent literature on discursive opportunities shows broad consensus on the importance of media communication in determining the success of minority mobilization. However, the impact of media discourse on formal forms of political participation is less clear. This article examines to what extent, if any, media coverage on immigrant minorities shapes the parliamentary activities of "minority representatives" in the Netherlands and the UK. We investigate whether salience and tone on minorities have impact on how often and in what ways minority members of parliament address ethnic and/or religious constituencies. To study this relationship between media coverage and parliamentary activity, we conduct two separate content analyses of parliamentary questions and newspapers between 2002 and 2012 in the Netherlands and the UK. Multivariate analyses reveal that a more negative tone in newspaper coverage results in more suppressive framing in the Dutch parliament. Our findings for the British case indicate a negative effect of media salience and minority presence on parliamentary salience.

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“…Institutional reform is necessary to explore neoteric democratic practices that counteract the dissolution of the Australian nation as the expression of a political community. Fourthly, and finally, there are issues about how seriously the Australian polity takes the reputational risks attached to the lack of representative diversity (Saggar, 2013). State and federal parliaments symbolically represent embodiments of a polity's commitment to democratic practice.…”

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“…Phillips (1995, 40-44) identified four key reasons for elevating the political visibility of marginalized groups: that it challenges existing hierarchies of power, higher levels of political representation increase the legitimacy of political institutions, a way to redress disadvantage is through introducing advocates on the public stage, and broadening the scope of political discourse available to legislative debate improves the deliberative quality of a democracy. Beyond the more fraught argument that descriptive diversity may translate into substantive diversity abides other arguments around the reputation of democratic institutions, and around representation as a vehicle for the political integration of migrants (Saggar, 2013).…”

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The Political Representation of Asian-Australian Populations since the End of White Australia

Kwok¹,

Pietsch²

2017

AAPI Nexus: Policy, Practice and Community

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The racial and ethnic landscape in Australia has changed markedly since the beginning of the postwar migration period in which migrants arrived from Europe, and later from Asia in the late 1970s. While Australians with European ancestry have gradually made it into state and federal parliament, there has been less visibility for Australians of Asian descent. This article provides an overview of demographic migration trends and levels of Asian-Australian political representation in state and federal politics, drawing on data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and parliamentary websites. In doing so, we reflect on why political representation of Asian-Australian populations appears to be lagging so far behind.

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Bending without breaking the mould: race and political representation in the United Kingdom

Cited by 6 publications

References 2 publications

Tracing roots of group representation among MPs with immigrant backgrounds: A content analysis on parliamentary questions in the Netherlands

Tracing roots of group representation among MPs with immigrant backgrounds: A content analysis on parliamentary questions in the Netherlands

Public discourse on minorities: how discursive opportunities shape representative patterns in the Netherlands and the UK

The Political Representation of Asian-Australian Populations since the End of White Australia

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