Getting Into Local Power [[electronic resource] ] : The Politics of Ethnic Minorities in British and French Cities

• Autore: Garbaye Romain
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.800941; 323.141/09173/2
• Soggetto topico: Local elections - France - Case studies; Political Science; Social Science; Local elections - Political activity - France; Minorities - Political activity - France; Local elections - Great Britain; Minorities - Great Britain
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: List of Maps; Foreword by Patrick Weil; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Historical Institutionalism and the Comparison of Local Cases; 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, 1980s–2001: Inner-city Labour Politics and Pluri-ethnic Government; 5 Lille, 1980s–2001: Machine Politics and Exclusion of Minorities in the French Municipal System ; 6 Roubaix, 1980s–2001: Inclusion Through Neighbourhood Groups and an Open Municipal GameConclusion; Appendix: Interviews and Sources; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. This book considers styles of political mobilization of ethnic minorities in the context of urban political systems.
• Titolo autorizzato: Getting Into Local Power
• ISBN: 1-280-23775-9; 9786610237753; 0-470-76162-8; 1-4051-4820-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910830006203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II