Transnational turnout: determinants of emigrant voting in home country elections
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- dc.contributor.author Ciornei, Irina
- dc.contributor.author Østergaard-Nielsen, Eva
- dc.date.accessioned 2022-03-14T11:44:39Z
- dc.date.available 2022-03-14T11:44:39Z
- dc.date.issued 2020
- dc.description.abstract 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.
- dc.description.sponsorship This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain, grant number CSO2014-57029-P.
- dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
- dc.identifier.citation Ciornei I, Østergaard-Nielsen E. Transnational turnout: determinants of emigrant voting in home country elections. Political Geography. 2020 Apr;78:102145. DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2020
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2020
- dc.identifier.issn 0962-6298
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/52692
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher Elsevier
- dc.relation.ispartof Political Geography. 2020 Apr;78:102145
- dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/CSO2014-57029-P
- dc.rights © Elsevier http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2020
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- dc.subject.keyword Transnationalism
- dc.subject.keyword Turnout
- dc.subject.keyword Extra-territorial voting
- dc.subject.keyword Political participation
- dc.subject.keyword Migration
- dc.title Transnational turnout: determinants of emigrant voting in home country elections
- dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
- dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion