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Representatjon of Ethnic Groups in Natjonal Legislatures Didier Ruedin University of the Witwatersrand & University of Neuchtel 3 rd ISA Forum of Sociology Vienna, 12 July 2016 Ethnic groups are ofuen included 79% present in some way

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Representatjon of Ethnic Groups in Natjonal Legislatures

Didier Ruedin

University of the Witwatersrand & University of Neuchâtel 3rd ISA Forum of Sociology Vienna, 12 July 2016

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Ethnic groups are ofuen included

79%

present in some way

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Ethnic group representatjon is best measured using the Rose Index

ERS=1−1 2∑

i=1 N

|ΠCitizens,i−ΠRepresentatives ,i|

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Ethnic groups are ofuen included

Ethnic Representatjon Scores (ERS)

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Many factors are thought to shape ethnic group representatjon

Source: Ruedin (2013)

Citjzens Vote Choice Parliament Cultural Attjtudes Candidates Electoral System, Quotas Development Region Salience Religion Other Places Politjcal Context Politjcal Context Élite t-1

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Same variables (don’t) work for 2006 and 2011

2006 2011

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Ethnic quotas “do not” matuer

Multjlevel, observatjons nested in countries, includes year dummies; world regions not shown here

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Large difgerences across world regions

Same models as previous slide

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Changes in politjcal rights are not associated with changes in ethnic representatjon scores

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In summary, cultural variables are not as important as they seemed

Electoral system not dominant Large regional difgerences, but not clearly attjtudes to marginalized groups (noisy data)