Do Politicians Discriminate against Ethnic Minority Constituents? A Field Experiment on Social Interactions between Citizens and Swedish Local Politicians
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6313673 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonas Larsson Taghizadeh (0000-0002-3122-7748, Uppsala University, corresponding author), Angelica Åström (Uppsala University), Angelica Kristiansson Åström (Uppsala University), Per Adman (0000-0002-8717-0189, Uppsala University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 154-172 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Parliamentary Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-2290 • E-ISSN: 1460-2482 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/pa/gsaa053 |
| OpenAlex | W3095050979 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 32 |
In ethnically diverse societies, are citizens treated equally by their political representatives? Several field experiments find that politicians discriminate in their daily communication with voters. However, these studies only focus on the USA and South Africa and may overestimate the degree of discrimination by ignoring sex and socio-economic status. We address these shortcomings by investigating ethnic discrimination in Sweden. In an email experiment, all 812 municipal commissioners were randomly contacted by voters with Arabic- or Swedish-sounding names. Our results do not show any clear signs of discrimination; thus, previous results might not be generalisable to Sweden or similar democracies
Arabic · Ethnic discrimination · Ethnic group · Field (mathematics · Focus (optics · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Media Influence and Politics · Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research · Social and Intergroup Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |