TY - BOOK ID - 78075988 TI - Muslims in British local government : representing minority interests in Hackney, Newham, and Tower Hamlets PY - 2014 VL - 16 SN - 15707571 SN - 9004272267 9789004272262 900426969X 9789004269699 1322223580 9781322223582 9789004269699 PB - Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Local government KW - City council members KW - Muslims KW - Minorities KW - Ethnic minorities KW - Foreign population KW - Minority groups KW - Persons KW - Assimilation (Sociology) KW - Discrimination KW - Ethnic relations KW - Majorities KW - Plebiscite KW - Race relations KW - Segregation KW - Mohammedans KW - Moors (People) KW - Moslems KW - Muhammadans KW - Musalmans KW - Mussalmans KW - Mussulmans KW - Mussulmen KW - Religious adherents KW - Islam KW - Aldermen KW - City councillors KW - City councilmen KW - Council members, City KW - Councillors, City KW - Councilmen, City KW - Municipal officials and employees KW - Political activity KW - Politics and government. KW - Political participation KW - Representative government and representation KW - Politics and government KW - Great Britain KW - Political aspects KW - Political aspects. KW - Local government - Great Britain KW - City council members - Great Britain KW - Muslims - Political activity - Great Britain KW - Muslims - Great Britain - Politics and government KW - Minorities - Political activity - Great Britain KW - Political participation - Great Britain KW - Representative government and representation - Great Britain KW - Great Britain - Race relations - Political aspects KW - Great Britain - Ethnic relations - Political aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78075988 AB - 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. ER -