Finding Space in Politics: Perceptions of Representation Among Dutch Citizens With an Immigration Background DOI Creative Commons
Floris Vermeulen, Nella Geurts,

Jaco Dagevos

et al.

Politics and Governance, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 13

Published: March 18, 2025

Representative democracy functions optimally when all citizens can participate, are heard, and feel represented. We know, however, that those interested satisfied in politics rarely reflect a cross-section of the population. What’s more, influence exercised by certain groups is unevenly distributed, with an immigration background on average less represented politically than without one. This article explores how processes perceived inclusion exclusion sense political representation experienced Dutch background. Our study aims to offer greater insight into perceptions gain understanding what leads these experiences. draw data from six focus group discussions people who share categorical trait being deemed “different” majority society along various dimensions, such as ethnic religious background, race, postcolonial migration motive (e.g., asylum-seeking). Prior our analysis, we expected potential grounds for have differing influences members relate institutions. results show descriptive critical start though not enough adequate substantive respondents felt fails Netherlands due lack form politicians shared experiences know it feels like be excluded, opposed, dismissed problematic.

Language: Английский

The political representation of minoritized groups in times of crisis: Covid-19 and beyond DOI Creative Commons
Stefanie Walter,

Saskia Glas

Ethnic and Racial Studies, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 15

Published: June 14, 2024

Minoritized groups have been severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, highlighting need to better understand how they and their interests were (not) represented in political process during this challenging period. We identify common unique features of past crises, discuss why pandemic may a moment for change before identifying gaps research. Finally, we present seven articles Special Issue that analyze representation minoritized politics, news media online. This brings together diverse group scholars using different theoretical approaches, methodologies data sources. Using interdisciplinary intersectional perspectives, shed new light on people's across globe, focusing ethnic racial experienced themselves.

Language: Английский

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8
How do minoritized migrant-background citizens perceive their political representation? An intracategorical perspective DOI Creative Commons
Nella Geurts,

Saskia Glas,

Take Sipma

et al.

Ethnic and Racial Studies, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 26

Published: June 18, 2024

Although our insights into numerical political representation are expanding, we know remarkably little about whether minoritized migrant-background citizens feel represented as such. This study addresses to what extent there intersectional differences in perceived among citizens. We synthesize two separate literatures develop an overarching boundaries-privilege framework, which apply the Dutch Ethnic Minority Election Study 2021. shows for instance, that those with university degrees and who identify Muslim perceive lower representation. provides particular support idea these perceptions shaped negatively by exclusions grounded discursive boundaries.

Language: Английский

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5
COVID success? For whom? Examining the political representation of migrants in Taiwan DOI Creative Commons
Shan‐Jan Sarah Liu, Tsung‐Lun Alan Wan

Ethnic and Racial Studies, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 23

Published: June 13, 2024

Language: Английский

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4
Finding Space in Politics: Perceptions of Representation Among Dutch Citizens With an Immigration Background DOI Creative Commons
Floris Vermeulen, Nella Geurts,

Jaco Dagevos

et al.

Politics and Governance, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 13

Published: March 18, 2025

Representative democracy functions optimally when all citizens can participate, are heard, and feel represented. We know, however, that those interested satisfied in politics rarely reflect a cross-section of the population. What’s more, influence exercised by certain groups is unevenly distributed, with an immigration background on average less represented politically than without one. This article explores how processes perceived inclusion exclusion sense political representation experienced Dutch background. Our study aims to offer greater insight into perceptions gain understanding what leads these experiences. draw data from six focus group discussions people who share categorical trait being deemed “different” majority society along various dimensions, such as ethnic religious background, race, postcolonial migration motive (e.g., asylum-seeking). Prior our analysis, we expected potential grounds for have differing influences members relate institutions. results show descriptive critical start though not enough adequate substantive respondents felt fails Netherlands due lack form politicians shared experiences know it feels like be excluded, opposed, dismissed problematic.

Language: Английский

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