MPs’ positions on ethnic policies express party attitudes, not personal opinions.

Evidence

Large parts of parliamentary debates on immigration and ethnic issues are organized as a function of these context dimensions. Thus, populist strategies of talk, in which the will of the people is invoked, for instance, to restrict immigration, is of course a function of the position of MPs needing votes to stay in office or to toe the party line. Positions on ethnic policies taken and defended in parliament, thus, are not primarily personal opinions, but expressions of shared political party attitudes. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1114

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Ideological choices are decided beforehand by power blocs, not by individuals. — Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment, 163

Broader Connections

• Ideological choices are decided beforehand by power blocs, not by individuals. #corroborates (0.82) — Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment, 163