Transnational Politics, Citizenship and Elections: The Political Engagement of Transnational Communities in National Elections

ISBN-13: 9780367726881 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 134 str.

Chiara de Lazzari

Opis

This book examines the reasons for which political parties engage with transnational communities and consider the engagement of expatriate communities to be of value, or otherwise, for domestic politics.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Transnational Politics and Citizenship  2. History of Italian Emigration and the Response of Political Parties   3. Electoral Participation from Abroad: Turnouts, Trends and Results  4. A New Understanding of External Voting: What Political Parties Want  5. Citizenship Rights and Political Identity of Emigrants  6. External Voting Policy in Turkey and Participation from Abroad  7. The Political Inclusion of Romanian Emigrants in Domestic Politics  8. New Experiences of Political Transnationalism. Comparing the Italian, Turkish and Romanian Experience  Conclusion  Appendix A: List of Interviewees  References

O autorze

Chiara De Lazzari is Teaching Associate in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne and Research Associate at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.