Ethnic Mobilisation and Counter-Mobilisation: Representation of Ethnic Minorities and White Disillusioned Vote

Abstract

The rapid increase in European ethnic diversity has met with considerable hostility from parts of the electorate, particularly white working class voters who often feel ‘left behind’ by the shifting focus from traditional class politics and feel ‘betrayed’ by their ruling elites allowing cheaper immigrant labour to come into their countries and ‘threaten their jobs’. Is their representation really a zero-sum game? Is the increased representation of minorities and focus on their interests related to the decrease of class politics? Do white voters represented by minority candidates feel more disillusioned with politics? Are white people who live in ethnically diverse areas mobilized to vote by the 'threat' posed by minority group political success or immigrant-origin candidates? This panel calls for papers that explore the juxtaposition between immigrant-origin minorities’ plea for representation and the representation of the majority white population in all forms of political action on the local and national level

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