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- Title
Visible Ethnic Minorities in Local Political Parties: A Case Study of Two Belgian Cities ( Antwerp and Ghent).
- Authors
Celis, Karen; Eelbode, Floor; Wauters, Bram
- Abstract
The central concern of this article is the extent of political party commitments to the inclusion of ethnic minorities. The study of two Belgian cities and four parties shows a marked discrepancy between the efforts to include ethnic minority candidates and their level of inclusion in the local party structures as individual members, as party officials or as a party subdivision. A possible explanation is that political parties only promote the representation of ethnic minorities out of concern for their own electoral competitiveness, and not based on an unconditional commitment to the full political integration of ethnic minorities.
- Subjects
BELGIUM; COMMUNITY political organizations; POLITICAL participation of minorities; POLITICAL parties; SOCIAL integration; POLITICAL party personnel; POLITICAL candidates; COMMITMENT (Psychology)
- Publication
Politics, 2013, Vol 33, Issue 3, p160
- ISSN
0263-3957
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1467-9256.12018