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Maxwell, Rahsaan. "Segregation or Integration? Geographic Context and Ethnic Minority Political Participation in France" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL, Aug 30, 2007 <Not Available>. 2009-05-27 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p209453_index.html>

Maxwell, R. , 2007-08-30 "Segregation or Integration? Geographic Context and Ethnic Minority Political Participation in France" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2009-05-27 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p209453_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: This article examines the degree to which migrant groups in Western Europe are involved in mainstream political channels by analyzing data on ethnic minority voting rates in three 2004 French elections. I use those results to make three main contributions to the literature on political participation. The first contribution is empirical as the article presents the first quantitative data to allow comparison of turnout rates among multiple ethnic minority groups in France. In addition, these data allow the first regression analysis of ethnic minority voting patterns in France. The data show that ethnic minorities consistently have lower voting rates than native white French citizens across each 2004 election. Second, the conventional wisdom of socio-economic disadvantage as the explanation for low ethnic minority turnout is critiqued as the ethnic minority/native white turnout difference is statistically significant even when controlling for a number of socio-economic variables. Third, I argue that geographic location is important, as the ethnic minority/native white turnout difference is no longer statistically significant once a series of geographic variables are included in the analysis. This suggests that the determinants of ethnic minority voting behavior in France are similar to those of native whites, but because ethnic minorities are more likely than native whites to live in disadvantaged urban areas they have lower overall turnout. This therefore raises important questions about the opportunities for mobility and access to mainstream political channels in contemporary France.

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