ch. 1. Introduction: ethnic politics and representation in Australia -- Political representation and ethnicity -- Systems of representation -- Mirror representation -- Ethnic corporatism -- Critics from the right: neo-liberals -- Critics from the lef: the politics of difference -- Critics of the ethnic corporatism model: the two-way street approach -- Normative theories of representation -- Representation in Australia: is there an ethnic electorate effect? -- Political representation and ethnic politics: a micro-liberal approach -- ch. 2. Representational style in the ethnic electorate -- The good constituency member -- Contextual factors -- Personal preferences -- Strategic considerations -- Communicating with the constituency -- The ethnic press -- Ethnic intermediaries -- Attending functions -- Learning about constituency views -- Presenting himself to the constituency -- Party branch meetings -- ch. 3. Service and allocation responsiveness in the ethnic electorate --Constituent contact with the MP at Southgate -- The issues raised by constituents -- Constituent knowledge of the MP's service -- The ethnic grapevine -- Ethnic community organistions -- Ethnic intermediaries -- Party members -- Alternative facilitators -- Office staff -- The MP's response to constituent queries -- Immigration-related casework -- Does the MP's intervention make a difference? -- Campion's style -- Some are more equal than others -- MP to Minister correspondence -- Allocation responsiveness -- Incentives for serving the constituency -- Electoral motivations -- Internal party power base -- ch. 4. The responsiveness of MPs to their ethnic constituents -- Parliamentary responsiveness as representation -- Method and database -- The findings: the ethnic electorate effect? -- Across groups differences -- Within group differences -- The marginality hypothese -- The party effect -- The ethnic MP effect -- The type of ethnic issues -- ch. 5. Conclusion: representation and ethnic politics in polyethnic Australia -- Ethnicity and representation -- Ethnic representation: which face? -- Party politics and political culture -- The notion of 'community' and ethnic politics -- appendix 1. Federal electorates with at least 15% of population born in non-English-speaking countries -- appendix 2. Profile of ethnic community organisations interviewed in Southgate -- appendix 3. Annual adjusted ethnic reference ratios for electorates in ch. 4 -- appendix 4. 'Soaking and poking': notes on the Southgate ethnography.a
ch. 1. Introduction: ethnic politics and representation in Australia -- ch. 2. Representational style in the ethnic electorate -- ch. 3. Service and allocation responsiveness in the ethnic electorate --ch. 4. The responsiveness of MPs to their ethnic constituents -- ch. 5. Conclusion: representation and ethnic politics in polyethnic Australia
Analysis
Australian ethnic groups
Ethnic relations
Federal issue
Members
Political participation
Political representation
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-214)
