Citation

Meier KJ, Hawes DP. Am. Rev. Public Admin. 2009; 39(3): 269-285.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0275074008317844

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

In the last 3 years, France has seen a series of violent protests by ethnic minorities in regard to jobs, legal discrimination, and access to positions in the public bureaucracy. Because France as a nation rejects the concepts of race and ethnicity, it has also failed to consider any possible benefits that might accrue from a representative bureaucracy. This article examines whether French ethnic protests are linked to bureaucratic access issues and how a policy seeking a more representative bureaucracy might benefit the French Republic.