Transnational turnout: determinants of emigrant voting in home country elections

A wide majority of countries acknowledge non-resident citizens' right to vote in elections in their country of origin. However, classical turnout theories do not take into account how electoral mobilisation has expanded into a transnational political field that reaches beyond national state...

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Autores: Ciornei, Irina, Østergaard-Nielsen, Eva
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/52692
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2020
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Palabra clave:Transnationalism
Turnout
Extra-territorial voting
Political participation
Migration
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spelling Transnational turnout: determinants of emigrant voting in home country electionsCiornei, IrinaØstergaard-Nielsen, EvaTransnationalismTurnoutExtra-territorial votingPolitical participationMigrationA wide majority of countries acknowledge non-resident citizens' right to vote in elections in their country of origin. However, classical turnout theories do not take into account how electoral mobilisation has expanded into a transnational political field that reaches beyond national state borders. This paper analyses the determinants of emigrant turnout based on an original dataset of 25 countries of origin and each of the counties of residence where these voters reside. We find that emigrant communities from developing democracies experience a steep political learning curve that prompts their participation in home country politics, especially if they reside in countries with solid democratic institutions and linkages with their host societies. Our research also shows that remittances not only indicate commitment to family members’ welfare in home countries, but positively influence participation in home country politics.This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain, grant number CSO2014-57029-P.Elsevier202220222020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/52692http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2020reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésPolitical Geography. 2020 Apr;78:102145info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/CSO2014-57029-P© Elsevier http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2020info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10230/526922026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Transnational turnout: determinants of emigrant voting in home country elections
title Transnational turnout: determinants of emigrant voting in home country elections
spellingShingle Transnational turnout: determinants of emigrant voting in home country elections
Ciornei, Irina
Transnationalism
Turnout
Extra-territorial voting
Political participation
Migration
title_short Transnational turnout: determinants of emigrant voting in home country elections
title_full Transnational turnout: determinants of emigrant voting in home country elections
title_fullStr Transnational turnout: determinants of emigrant voting in home country elections
title_full_unstemmed Transnational turnout: determinants of emigrant voting in home country elections
title_sort Transnational turnout: determinants of emigrant voting in home country elections
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ciornei, Irina
Østergaard-Nielsen, Eva
author Ciornei, Irina
author_facet Ciornei, Irina
Østergaard-Nielsen, Eva
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author2 Østergaard-Nielsen, Eva
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Transnationalism
Turnout
Extra-territorial voting
Political participation
Migration
topic Transnationalism
Turnout
Extra-territorial voting
Political participation
Migration
description A wide majority of countries acknowledge non-resident citizens' right to vote in elections in their country of origin. However, classical turnout theories do not take into account how electoral mobilisation has expanded into a transnational political field that reaches beyond national state borders. This paper analyses the determinants of emigrant turnout based on an original dataset of 25 countries of origin and each of the counties of residence where these voters reside. We find that emigrant communities from developing democracies experience a steep political learning curve that prompts their participation in home country politics, especially if they reside in countries with solid democratic institutions and linkages with their host societies. Our research also shows that remittances not only indicate commitment to family members’ welfare in home countries, but positively influence participation in home country politics.
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