• The Role of Institutional and Policy Contexts in Ethnic Political Representation: are Multicultural Models the Solution?

Date: Friday 21st January 2011

Time: 10am- 4.30pm, lunch provided

Venue: Hanson Room, Humanities Bridgeford Street, University of Manchester

This seminar session will assess, in a comparative perspective, the relative merits of varying citizenship regimes and policy approaches to ethnic and migrant minorities’ incorporation for the promotion of their political representation. Thus, the seminar will focus, primarily, on the policy and wider institutional environment (i.e. parliament, local government, the media) and how they shape the opportunities for ethnic minorities to integrate into mainstream politics. In doing so, we will evaluate the claims that multicultural models of citizenship and incorporation are in a privileged position to foster the political inclusion of migrant and ethnic minorities.

For your information a copy of the seminar poster is attached to this message.

Information: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/socialchange/seminars/representation/

Places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.
Jennifer Birchall

Institute Administrator and PA to the Director Institute for Social Change

2.11 Humanities Bridgeford Street. University of Manchester

Oxford Road Manchester. M13 9PL

Tel: 0161 275 4269. Fax: 0161 275 0793. Email: Jennifer.birchall@manchester.ac.uk