Immigrants are underrepresented in most democratic parliaments. To explain the immigrant–
native representation gap, existing research emphasizes party gatekeepers and structural …

Political parties play a crucial gatekeeping role in elections, including controlling electoral
resources, candidate recruitment, and electoral list compositions. In making these strategic …

Political parties are an important part of the institutional framework for migrants' political
integration, but remain an underdeveloped area of research in the literature on political …

Racial and ethnic minorities are underrepresented in most Western democracies. This
article investigates one potential root cause behind this pattern: minority and majority …

Interethnic contacts are generally assumed to reduce discrimination and prejudice.
According to this optimistic view–and in conflict with Allport's well-known theory–contacts …

A substantial body of research has found biased recruitment in a variety of societal spheres.
We study selection in the judiciary, a domain that has received less attention than the …

To what extent is the underrepresentation of ethnic minorities in politics due to ethnic bias?
While this question has interested researchers for a long time, direct evidence of ethnic bias …

European societies have experienced extensive secularization. However, the impact of
religion in governing people's political attitudes and behaviors persists, which has been …

What affects the opportunities immigrants have to pursue political careers? Theory on
opportunity structures provides evidence on the impact macro structures have on …

Political parties play a crucial gatekeeping role in elections, including controlling electoral
resources, candidate recruitment, and electoral list compositions. In making these strategic …