Romain Garbaye

Getting Into Local Power

The Politics of Ethnic Minorities in British and French Cities

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Produktbeschreibung

Romain Garbaye presents a comparison of the politics of ethnic minorities in British and French cities, with a focus on the election of city councillors in Birmingham, Lille and Roubaix between 1980 and 2001. It shows that, while the Labour-run Birmingham City Council has co-opted a significant number of councillors of African-Caribbean and Asian background, the population of North African origins in Lille has obtained little or no representation. Roubaix represents an intermediate case, with the number of ethnic minority councillors increasing through the 1990s. The book considers styles of political mobilization of ethnic minorities in the context of urban political systems, as well as the strategies used by party leaders to manage ethnic diversity in political competition. It analyses how ethnic and cultural diversity in urban societies translates into conflictual politics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 604g
• ISBN-13: 9781405126977
• ISBN-10: 1405126973
• Artikelnr.: 21338258

Autorenporträt

Romain Garbaye is Maître de Conférences at the Université Paris IV-Sorbonne. He obtained his DPhil in Politics at the University of Oxford, and he has held a Jean Monnet post-doctoral fellowship at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute in Florence. He has published several journal articles and book chapters on the politics of ethnic minorities in European cities.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Maps.
Foreword by Patrick Weil.
Series Editors' Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
1 Historical Instititionalism and the Comparison of Local Cases Strategies
of Management of Ethnic Conflict and Historical Institutionalism.
2 The British Policy Framework: Liberal Citizenship Regime,
Depoliticization and the Race-Relationism of British Cities.
3 The French Policy Framework: Planned Migration, Xenophobic Politics, and
Durable Political Exclusion.
4 Birmingham: Inner-City Labour Politics and Pluri-Ethnic Government.
5 Lille: Machine Politics and Exclusion of Minorities in the French
Municipal System.
6 Roubaix: Inclusion Through Neighbourhood Groups and an Open Municipal
Game.
Conclusion.
Appendix: Interviews and Sources.
Bibliography.
Index.

Rezensionen

"This excellent book is a substantial contribution to the fieldbringing together the urban politics and race policy literatures ina fascinating comparative study. It is an interesting story, welltold, and highly instructive for policy-makers and academicsalike."
Peter John, University of Manchester

"This study is important to our understanding of immigrants aspolitical actors, and how national and local political systemsshape their access and participation."
Martin Schain, New York University

"A very welcome addition to the literature on ethnic minoritypolitics. Recommended reading for anyone ... interested inethnic minority political participation. Provides useful insightsinto the practice and operation of local politics in two verydifferent political systems and as such should be recommendedreading for anyone with an interest in local and urban politics inFrance and Britain."
Dr Alistair Clark, University of Birmingham, Local GovernmentStudies