Artikel

The more concentrated, the better represented? The geographical concentration of immigrants and their descriptive representation in the German mixed-member system

Does the geographical concentration of ethnic minorities influence their descriptive representation in closed-list systems? Counterintuitive to the idea that single-member district electoral rules are necessary for minorities’ geographical representation, we argue that, in closed-list systems, parties are incentivised to allocate promising list positions to those minority candidates who are based in geographical areas where minorities concentrate. Empirically, we provide a case study of the list positions of dual candidates of immigrant origin running in the German mixed-member system in 2013. Results show a relationship between the list positions of candidates of immigrant origin and geographical concentrations of immigrant-origin residents.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: International Political Science Review ; ISSN: 0192-5121 ; Volume: 40 ; Year: 2019 ; Issue: 5 ; Pages: 643-658 ; Thousand Oaks: Sage

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Thema
descriptive representation
mixed-member systems
immigrant-origin candidates
geographical concentrations
ethnic minorities
closed-list systems

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Geese, Lucas
Schacht, Diana
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Sage
(wo)
Thousand Oaks
(wann)
2019

DOI
doi:10.1177/0192512118796263
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ

Datenpartner

Dieses Objekt wird bereitgestellt von:
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft. Bei Fragen zum Objekt wenden Sie sich bitte an den Datenpartner.

Objekttyp

  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Geese, Lucas
  • Schacht, Diana
  • Sage

Entstanden

  • 2019

Ähnliche Objekte (12)