Diversity in Spanish Politics? Dynamics of Descriptive Representation of Immigrant‐Origin Minorities in Local Elections

Research has identified an alarming gap in migrants’ descriptive representation across Western European countries with long-standing immigration while showing that not all migrant groups are equally (un)successful in gaining elected office. However, little is known about migrants’ political presence...

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Autores: Vintila, Daniela, Pérez-Nievas, Santiago, Paradés, Marta, Pamies, Carles
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/371583
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Palabra clave:Candidates
Councilors
Descriptive political representation
Immigration
Local elections
Minority inclusion
Spain
Immigrants
Politicians
Political parties
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spelling Diversity in Spanish Politics? Dynamics of Descriptive Representation of Immigrant‐Origin Minorities in Local ElectionsVintila, DanielaPérez-Nievas, SantiagoParadés, MartaPamies, CarlesCandidatesCouncilorsDescriptive political representationImmigrationLocal electionsMinority inclusionSpainImmigrantsPoliticiansPolitical partiesResearch has identified an alarming gap in migrants’ descriptive representation across Western European countries with long-standing immigration while showing that not all migrant groups are equally (un)successful in gaining elected office. However, little is known about migrants’ political presence in Southern European countries, which have experienced increased immigration in recent decades. We address this research gap for Spain by focusing on the municipal level where minorities’ inclusion remains of utmost importance. Conceptually, the article tackles the question of how the interplay between migrants’ demographic concentration and specific party features shapes the outcomes of minority descriptive representation. Empirically, we bring novel evidence from an original survey with local party organizations across municipalities returning high shares of Romanian, Moroccan, Latin American, and EU14 migrants. We first demonstrate that, despite being particularly sizeable, all groups remain under-represented in Spanish local politics, although with important differences. At comparable levels of demographic concentration, EU14 and Latin American migrants are almost three times more likely than Romanian migrants and up to seven times more likely than Moroccan migrants to be fielded as candidates. EU14 candidates are also more successful in securing office. Second, our findings confirm that party features shape the contours of minority inclusion: Spanish left-wing and new parties present more diverse local candidacies and place minority office-seekers in safer electoral list positions than right-wing and established parties.This article uses data from the APREPINM project Plural Local Councils? The Political Representation of Immigrants in Spain, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness in the framework of the National Research Program on Societal Challenges (Reference No. CSO‐2016–79540‐R)Peer reviewedCogitatioMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad (España)Pamies, Carles [0000-0003-4993-2178]202420242024info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/371583reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Ingléshttps://doi.org/10.17645/pag.7422Noinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/3715832026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Diversity in Spanish Politics? Dynamics of Descriptive Representation of Immigrant‐Origin Minorities in Local Elections
title Diversity in Spanish Politics? Dynamics of Descriptive Representation of Immigrant‐Origin Minorities in Local Elections
spellingShingle Diversity in Spanish Politics? Dynamics of Descriptive Representation of Immigrant‐Origin Minorities in Local Elections
Vintila, Daniela
Candidates
Councilors
Descriptive political representation
Immigration
Local elections
Minority inclusion
Spain
Immigrants
Politicians
Political parties
title_short Diversity in Spanish Politics? Dynamics of Descriptive Representation of Immigrant‐Origin Minorities in Local Elections
title_full Diversity in Spanish Politics? Dynamics of Descriptive Representation of Immigrant‐Origin Minorities in Local Elections
title_fullStr Diversity in Spanish Politics? Dynamics of Descriptive Representation of Immigrant‐Origin Minorities in Local Elections
title_full_unstemmed Diversity in Spanish Politics? Dynamics of Descriptive Representation of Immigrant‐Origin Minorities in Local Elections
title_sort Diversity in Spanish Politics? Dynamics of Descriptive Representation of Immigrant‐Origin Minorities in Local Elections
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Vintila, Daniela
Pérez-Nievas, Santiago
Paradés, Marta
Pamies, Carles
author Vintila, Daniela
author_facet Vintila, Daniela
Pérez-Nievas, Santiago
Paradés, Marta
Pamies, Carles
author_role author
author2 Pérez-Nievas, Santiago
Paradés, Marta
Pamies, Carles
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
Pamies, Carles [0000-0003-4993-2178]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Candidates
Councilors
Descriptive political representation
Immigration
Local elections
Minority inclusion
Spain
Immigrants
Politicians
Political parties
topic Candidates
Councilors
Descriptive political representation
Immigration
Local elections
Minority inclusion
Spain
Immigrants
Politicians
Political parties
description Research has identified an alarming gap in migrants’ descriptive representation across Western European countries with long-standing immigration while showing that not all migrant groups are equally (un)successful in gaining elected office. However, little is known about migrants’ political presence in Southern European countries, which have experienced increased immigration in recent decades. We address this research gap for Spain by focusing on the municipal level where minorities’ inclusion remains of utmost importance. Conceptually, the article tackles the question of how the interplay between migrants’ demographic concentration and specific party features shapes the outcomes of minority descriptive representation. Empirically, we bring novel evidence from an original survey with local party organizations across municipalities returning high shares of Romanian, Moroccan, Latin American, and EU14 migrants. We first demonstrate that, despite being particularly sizeable, all groups remain under-represented in Spanish local politics, although with important differences. At comparable levels of demographic concentration, EU14 and Latin American migrants are almost three times more likely than Romanian migrants and up to seven times more likely than Moroccan migrants to be fielded as candidates. EU14 candidates are also more successful in securing office. Second, our findings confirm that party features shape the contours of minority inclusion: Spanish left-wing and new parties present more diverse local candidacies and place minority office-seekers in safer electoral list positions than right-wing and established parties.
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