Recognition of the immigrant-origin electorate, and especially of the Muslim electorate, has grown in Europe in recent years. Academic studies have highlighted the increasing descriptive representation of migrant-background politicians at the local and national level—and have asked why this increase has been uneven. Parties have engaged in a number of outreach activities to local communities, and they have done so even in the shadow of increasingly visible populist and nativist movements. Why would mainstream European … Continue reading Dilemmas of Inclusion: Muslims in European Politics by Rafaela M. Dancygier