Are British Ethnic Minorities Politically Under-represented?: introduction

• Autores: Edward Fieldhouse, Maria Sobolewska
• Localización: Parliamentary affairs: A journal of representative politics, ISSN 0031-2290, Vol. 66, Nº 2, 2013, págs. 235-245
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Obamas 2008 presidential victory in the USA triggered a debate in Europe and the UK as to whether someone from an ethnic minority could achieve similar success in national politics. The 2010 General Election saw a small increase in ethnic minority candidates, but a near doubling of the number of black and Asian members of parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons. During 2010 and 2011, the University of Manchester organised a seminar series on ethnic minorities political representation in Britain. This symposium features some of the highlights of that series. In this article we summarise some of the key arguments.