The more concentrated, the better represented? The geographical concentration of immigrants and their descriptive representation in the German mixed-member system
Faculty/Professorship: | Comparative Politics |
Author(s): | Geese, Lucas ![]() |
Title of the Journal: | International Political Science Review |
ISSN: | 0192-5121 |
Publisher Information: | London : Sage |
Year of publication: | 2018 |
Volume: | 40 |
Issue: | 5 |
Pages: | 643-658 |
Language(s): | English |
DOI: | 10.1177/0192512118796263 |
Abstract: | 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. |
GND Keywords: | Deutschland; Bundestagswahl; Kandidat; Ethnische Gruppe; Migrationshintergrund; Personalisierte Verhältniswahl; Repräsentation <Politik>; Geschichte 2013 |
Keywords: | Descriptive representation, mixed-member systems, immigrant-origin candidates, geographical concentrations, ethnic minorities |
DDC Classification: | 320 Political Science |
RVK Classification: | MG 15460 |
Peer Reviewed: | Ja |
International Distribution: | Ja |
Type: | Article |
URI: | https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/44890 |
Year of publication: | 29. November 2018 |

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