Emigrant inclusion in home country elections: Theory and evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

EI Wellman - American Political Science Review, 2021 - cambridge.org
Since 1990, nearly 100 countries extended voting rights to citizens living abroad, including
32 in sub-Saharan Africa. However, the actual ability for emigrants to vote in subsequent …

The microfoundations of diaspora politics: unpacking the state and disaggregating the diaspora

A Délano Alonso, H Mylonas - Journal of Ethnic and Migration …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Recognising the need to unpack ‌the 'state'and‌ ‌problematise‌ the term‌ 'diaspora', in this
special issue we examine the various actors within (and beyond) the state that participate in …

Missing links in migrant enfranchisement studies

S Umpierrez de Reguero, V Finn… - Journal of Ethnic and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
We identify four main strands of the migrant enfranchisement literature since 2010 and
outline its main (debated) concepts. We pinpoint missing links among the strands, such as a …

Enfranchising migrants in Chile: A century of politics, elites, and regime changes

V Finn - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Enfranchising migrants into the demos is a growing global trend, not exclusive to
democracy. Analysing a country that has expanded migrant suffrage in both democracy and …

Turning rights into ballots: Mexican external voting from the US

V Finn, A Besserer Rayas - Territory, Politics, Governance, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
While some countries lag in enacting or implementing voting rights for nationals living
outside the territory, others grant them but lag in turning rights into ballots. What explains the …

Non-universal suffrage: Measuring electoral inclusion in contemporary democracies

SD Schmid, L Piccoli, JT Arrighi - European Political Science, 2019 - Springer
The electoral franchise has become more universal as restrictions based on criteria such as
sex or property have been lifted throughout the process of democratisation. Yet, a broad …

Electoral (non) alignment between resident and non-resident voters: evidence from Spain

D Vintila, C Pamies, M Paradés - European Political Science, 2023 - Springer
Over the past decades, diasporas' engagement in homeland elections has become a highly
salient issue, especially given the widespread implementation of enfranchisement policies …

Securing the diasporic 'self'by travelling abroad: Taglit-Birthright and ontological security

Y Abramson - The Microfoundations of Diaspora Politics, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
In recent years, the literature on diaspora politics has focused primarily on why and when
migrant or ethno-religious groups adopt a diasporic stance and mobilise on behalf of their …

[HTML][HTML] Internet voting from abroad: exploring turnout in the 2014 French consular elections

R Dandoy, T Kernalegenn - French Politics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Internet voting has been available for French citizens living abroad since 2006, and 43.21%
of them filled out their ballots online for the first election of their consular delegates in 2014 …

'The people, year zero': Secessionism and citizenship in Scotland and Catalonia

JT Arrighi - Migrating Borders, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
The article compares how secessionist elites in Scotland and Catalonia discursely and
legally constituted the people that is the subject of their claim of self-determination in relation …