Political Science encounters ‘race’ and ‘ethnicity’

Taylor, Rupert

doi:10.1080/01419870.1996.9993940

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“…According to this "primordial view" (Taylor 1996), race and sex precede politics. According to this "primordial view" (Taylor 1996), race and sex precede politics.…”

Section: From Race and Sex To Racing-genderingmentioning

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Congressional Enactments of Race–Gender: Toward a Theory of Raced–Gendered Institutions

2003

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I nvestigating reports of marginalization from Congresswomen of color, I examine legislative practices in the 103rd and 104th Congresses to illuminate dynamics that structure hierarchies on the basis of race and gender. I advance an account of racing-gendering as a political process that silences, stereotypes, enforces invisibility, excludes, and challenges the epistemic authority of Congresswomen of color. Racing-gendering constitutes a form of interested bias operating in Congress, which has important implications for understandings of the internal operations of political institutions, the policy priorities of Congresswomen of color, the substantive representation of historically underrepresented groups, and the practice of democracy in the United States.Political democracy depends not only on economic and social conditions but also on the design of political institutions. Bureaucratic agencies, legislative committees, and appellate courts are arenas for contending social forces, but they are also collections of standard operating procedures and structures that define and defend values, norms, interests, identities, and beliefs. March and Olsen (1989) Our understanding of institutions is inextricably bound to the dominant individuals who populate them.Simon Rosenthal (2000) Being a woman in Congress is like being a fragile goldfish among the barracuda. Griffiths (1996) Actually, these years [1995][1996] are pretty typical of my political career. Racism has always been there, gender bias has always been there. The mean-spirited debate is probably the only thing that changed. But that didn't change the fundamentals of racism and sexism. That has always been a constant. Johnson (1997)

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“…According to this "primordial view" (Taylor 1996), race and sex precede politics. According to this "primordial view" (Taylor 1996), race and sex precede politics.…”

Section: From Race and Sex To Racing-genderingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Congressional Enactments of Race–Gender: Toward a Theory of Raced–Gendered Institutions

2003

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“…In a broader sense the case of CANF points to another implication: we may need to problematize ethnicity in the study of foreign policy, building on the work done by political scientists in other subfields (e.g., Taylor, 1996;Croucher, 1997). This is not so much a conclusion of our study as it is a conceptual need to which our findings point and that others have discussed.…”

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“…In her study of ethnic politics in Miami, for example, Croucher argues that ethnicity not only drives politics but also is constructed through a political process; she concludes that ethnicity must be seen as both an independent and a dependent variable (1997:189-90). This poses a variety of epistemological and methodological problems to a field that wants to be able to hold certain things constant in a study (see Taylor, 1996;Jervis, 1997). Nevertheless, as the U.S. becomes more multicultural, as the U.S. government becomes more porous, and as the security concerns of the Cold War continue to recede, the CANF case would seem to suggest that our understanding of the forces at work in U.S. foreign policymaking will require a greater understanding not only of ethnic interest groups but of the role of ethnicity and race than we currently retain.…”

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The Role of Ethnic Interest Groups in U.S. Foreign Policy: The Case of the Cuban American National Foundation

1999

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The role and range of activities of ethnic interest groups in U.S. foreign policy has received relatively little scholarly attention, though in the wake of the Cold War analysis of their activities has increased. The case of the Cuban American National Foundation (CANF) during the 1980s suggests, however, that ethnic interest group activity is not new and may be far more complex than our standard conceptualizations allow. We review the literature on the role of ethnic interest groups in U.S. foreign policy and assemble some common assumptions and arguments about their origins, roles and relations with the government, and the conditions that favor their success. Then we examine origins of CANF, its web of relationships with government even during the Cold War, and its role as a near co-executor of policy. We conclude by assessing what the CANF case suggests about standard views of the roles of at least some ethnic interest groups in the process of making U.S. foreign policy, including the need to see how the state may try to use and sponsor such groups to further its policy goals.The study of U.S. foreign policy, and foreign policy analysis more generally, has paid relatively little attention to the role and power of ethnic interest groups and the full range of their activities. Early studies showed these groups to have little influence, and the Cold War contributed to a foreign policymaking process that was largely dominated by the president. Interest group activity in foreign policy seemed relatively unimportant with a few notable exceptions. In the wake of the Cold War, though, scholars and journalists have begun to pay more attention to the activities of these groups in foreign and security policy. In an era when security threats are less pressing, when Congress is more engaged, and when the distinction between "foreign" and "domestic" politics is less clear, many have pointed to the increasing activism, if not always influence,

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“…Originellement, la distinction entre représentation numérique et représentation substantive a servi à mettre en évidence le fait qu'un accroissement du nombre de candidats et d'élus d'origine ethnique n'était pas nécessairement synonyme d'une plus grande capacité pour les communautés ethniques à imposer une prise en compte de leurs intérêts politiques. Les recherches menées au Canada (Abu Laban, 1997 ;Black and Lakhani, 1997) en France (Geisser, 1997) ou en Grande-Bretagne, (Saggar, 1993 ;1996) tendent en effet à suggérer que la représentation des personnes issues des minorités ethniques aux sein des institutions politiques élues n'a pas été un facteur décisif d'altération des relations de pouvoir entre les différentes catégories de population.…”

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Le paradoxe anversois. Entre racisme politique et ouvertures multi-culturelles

Bousetta¹,

Martiniello²,

Hily³

1998

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paradoxe anversois. Entre racisme politique et ouvertures multiculturelles. In: Revue européenne des migrations internationales, vol. 14, n°2,1998. Immigrés et minorités ethniques dans l'espace politique européen. pp. 151-172; doi : https://doi.org/10.3406/remi.1998.1635 https://www.persee.fr/doc/remi_0765-0752_1998_num_14_2_1635 Fichier pdf généré le 20/04/2018 Résumé Le paradoxe anversois. Entre racisme politique et ouvertures multiculturelles. Hassan Bousetta. L'article analyse la participation et la représentation politiques des minorités ethniques aux institutions politiques formelles dans le contexte belge, et en particulier dans la ville d'Anvers. La contribution discute les questions méthodologiques et conceptuelles liées à cette problématique et tente d'esquisser un état des lieux aussi complet que possible de cette représentation politique au plan local. Le phénomène de l'émergence politique des candidats et des élus d'origine ethnique est ensuite étudié. L'hypothèse selon laquelle la forte représentation de l'extrême-droite à Anvers a pu en tant que telle constituer un facteur de réaction politique au sein des groupes ethniques d'origine immigrée est examinée. Une dernière problématique soulevée dans cet article a trait à l'impact d'une telle représentation sur le cours des politiques publiques locales à Anvers. Abstract The Antwerp Paradox. Between Political Racism and Multicultural Perspectives. Hassan Bousetta.The article examines the political participation and representation of ethnic minorities within Belgian elected assemblies in the city of Antwerp. The contribution endeavours at providing a comprehensive empirical overview of the issue at stake and discusses a number of methodological and conceptual issues related to the study of the political representation of ethnic minorities. The political emergence of ethnic minority candidates and elected politicians is then studied. One aim of the article is to assess whether the presence of a strongly represented extreme-right, as it is the case in Antwerp, has constituted a factor of political reaction within immigrant ethnic communities in Antwerp. Another issue raised in this contribution is about the impact of the political representation of ethnic minorities on the course of local public policies. ResumenLa parádoja de Amberes. Entre racismo político y aperturas multiculturales. Hassan Bousetta. Esta contribución tiene por objeto el análisis de la participación y de la representacion políticas de las minorias étnicas en las instituciones políticas formales en el contexto belga. Aunque esta representación de las minorias étnicas es todavía un fenomeno cuantitativamente limitado en el seno de multiples asambleas elegidas por el Estado belga, sin embargo, se trata de un fenómeno político emergente en el contexto de los años noventa. El estudio de esta problemática se concentra en el caso particular de la ciudad de Amberes. La contribución, que presenta un carácter introductorio, discute las cuestiones metodológicas y conceptuales unidas a esta proble...

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Political Science encounters ‘race’ and ‘ethnicity’

Cited by 16 publications

References 14 publications

Congressional Enactments of Race–Gender: Toward a Theory of Raced–Gendered Institutions

Congressional Enactments of Race–Gender: Toward a Theory of Raced–Gendered Institutions

The Role of Ethnic Interest Groups in U.S. Foreign Policy: The Case of the Cuban American National Foundation

Le paradoxe anversois. Entre racisme politique et ouvertures multi-culturelles

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