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

This book presents a comparison of the patterns of ethnic minority
politics in British and French city politics.

* A comparison of the participation of ethnic minorities in
British and French cities

* Includes direct comparisons of particular cities Birmingham,
Lille and Roubaix

* Shows how ethnic and cultural diversity translates into
political conflict in different political systems

* Considers styles of political mobilisation of ethnic minorities
in the context of urban political systems, as well as the
strategies used by party leaders and to manage ethnic diversity in
political competition

* Analyses how ethnic and cultural diversity in urban societies
translates into conflictual politics

* Enhances our understanding of local politics and of the
evolution of political representation in industrialised
democracies

Table des matières

List of Maps.

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.

A propos de l’auteur

Romain Garbaye is Maître de Conférences at the Université Paris IV-Sorbonne. He obtained his DPhil in Politics at the University of Oxford, and he has held a Jean Monnet post-doctoral fellowship at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute in Florence. He has published several journal articles and book chapters on the politics of ethnic minorities in European cities.