Getting Into Local Power: The Politics of Ethnic Minorities in British and French Cities

Foreword by Patrick Weil.

Series Editors' Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Introduction.

1 Historical Instititionalism and the Comparison of Local Cases Strategies of Management of Ethnic Conflict and Historical Institutionalism.

2 The British Policy Framework: Liberal Citizenship Regime, Depoliticization and the Race-Relationism of British Cities.

3 The French Policy Framework: Planned Migration, Xenophobic Politics, and Durable Political Exclusion.

4 Birmingham: Inner-City Labour Politics and Pluri-Ethnic Government.

5 Lille: Machine Politics and Exclusion of Minorities in the French Municipal System.

6 Roubaix: Inclusion Through Neighbourhood Groups and an Open Municipal Game.

Conclusion.

Appendix: Interviews and Sources.

Bibliography.

Index.