Parliamentary Rules and the Representation of Minority Preferences

Abstract

This Panel will deal with the descriptive and, above all, substantive representation of the views and preferences of citizens of immigrant origin and ethnic minority groups in modern parliaments. Panelists will be able to draw on recent innovative work in the United States and Europe as well as the findings of a number of major comparative European projects devoted to collect behavioural and attitudinal data on the issue. They will present work on the link between the institutional rules of parliaments on the one hand and representation of minority groups on the other.

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Institutions and Legislative Speech: When Do MPs of Immigrant Origin Get To Speak on the Floor of the Chamber - and What Do They Get to Speak About?	View Paper Details
Regional Assemblies as Contexts for the Representation of Immigrant-Origin Minorities	View Paper Details
Parliamentary Parties as Institutional Contexts for the Descriptive and Substantive Representation of Immigrant-Origin Minorities	View Paper Details
The role of 'electoral formulas' in the descriptive representation of citizens of immigrant origin	View Paper Details