Transnational Politics and the State: The External Voting Rights of Diasporas

ISBN-13: 9780415584500 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 210 str.

Jean-Michel LaFleur

Opis

This volume examines the motivations and consequences for states wishing to strengthen ties with their population abroad in the era of globalisation. In a comparative framework, it focuses on the development of a specific piece of citizenship legislation in Italy, Mexico and Belgium by which emigrants were granted the right to vote from abroad.

Spis treści

Introduction.  1. Conceptualizing External Voting  2. Understanding the Development of External Voting Rights Worldwide: The Legal, Normative, and Socio-Political Arguments  3. Mexico: Enfranchising Emigrants Under Conditions of Democratic Transition  4. Italy: Electoral Benefits and the Enfranchisement of Citizens Abroad  5. Responding to the Call: The Implementation of External Voting and Voter Turnout Abroad  6. Affinities Across Borders: Emigrant Voters and the Formation of Political Opinions Abroad  7. "Do You Hear Me Now?" External Voting, Reserved Seats, and Emigrant Power in the Home and Host Societies.  Conclusion.  Appendix A: Methodology.  Appendix B: Interview Details.

O autorze

Jean-Michel Lafleur is a Research Associate of the Belgian Fund for Scientific Research (FRS-FNRS) and a lecturer at the Center for Ethnic and Migration Studies, Université de Liège, Belgium.