However, perceptions of energy security vary between states causing different actions to be taken, both in international relations and in domestic politics.Energy Security in Europe moves the policy debates on energy security beyond a consideration of its seemingly objective nature.

This open access book is the first monograph that brings together insights from comparative politics, political sociology, and migration studies to introduce the current state of knowledge on external voting and transnational politics. Drawing on new data gathered within the DIASPOlitic project, which created a comparative dataset of external voting results for 6 countries of origin and 17 countries of residence as well as an extensive qualitative dataset of 80 in-depth interviews with four groups of migrants, this book not only illustrates theoretical problems with empirical material, but...