Muslims in British local government : : representing minority interests in Hackney, Newham, and Tower Hamlets / / by Eren Tatari.

• Superior document: Muslim Minorities, Volume 16
• VerfasserIn: Tatari, Eren,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Muslim minorities ; Volume 16.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This book investigates whether the presence of Muslim representatives in city councils improves substantive representation of Muslim interests across 32 London boroughs. It theorizes that descriptive representation of minorities leads to improved responsiveness to minority interests contingent on the percentage of minority representatives, the proportion of minorities in the district, level of party fragmentation among minority representatives, their political incorporation, and the electoral competitiveness of the district. It uses multivariate regression analysis to test the effects of these five explanatory variables. It validates the quantitative findings with case studies of three London boroughs while also investigating the role of representational styles of Muslim councillors on their political attitudes and behavior.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction: Muslims in Western Politics -- Muslims and Minority Politics in Britain -- Government Responsiveness to Muslim Interests -- Across London Boroughs -- London Borough Councils and Tower Hamlets -- London Borough of Newham -- London Borough of Hackney -- Comparative Analysis and Muslims in National Government -- Conclusion -- Appendix A Percentage Muslim Population by Percentage Grant Money to Muslims, 1998–2010 -- Appendix B Average Local Government Responsiveness by Borough -- Bibliography -- Index.