Voters, Parties and Representation in European Multicultural Democracies

摘要: This doctoral dissertation investigates immigrants’ political participation and representation in European democracies. It grounds on the observation that immigration to Europe has increased last years changing ethnic cultural landscape of hosting These social phenomena raise several questions: How does affect electoral democracies? Are immigrant native voters alike? Or, emerge as a new cleavage? parties concerned about open include candidates? And, how are immigrants represented national legislatures? This is an attempt provide deep systematized empirically founded insights transformations electorates, parties, institutions experiencing so-called “age migration” across Western