New citizens - new candidates? Candidate selection and the mobilization of immigrant voters in German elections

The Political Representation of Immigrants and Minorities: Voters, Parties and Parliaments in Liberal Democracies

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 109-127

  da Fonseca, Sara Claro ^a  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

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