Research subject Public Policy and Administration

The aim of this project is to expand our understanding of how individuals from different social groups become political representatives, and how this selection of politicians maps in to specific outcomes.

The project is a book that shows how the local and national building codes and the different city planning laws from 1725 up until today shape the City of Stockholm with town-plans, decisions in the City Council and pictures.

Immigrants are severely underrepresented in city halls and national parliaments around the world. In most European countries and even in traditional immigration destinations, the share of immigrants who hold elected office is much lower than their share in the population.