The introduction presents an overview of the main theoretical questions and debates in the
literature on transnationalism and political parties and highlights how these have rarely …

As more countries grant political rights to their emigrants and more politicians look beyond
national boundaries for support, scholars are beginning to explore the drivers and …

Policies allowing enfranchisement of non-resident citizens (emigrants and their
descendants) are now implemented in the majority of states worldwide. A growing number of …

The literature on external voting overlooks why some political parties campaign abroad
while others remain focused on the national territory. This article investigates the …

Over the past decades, diasporas' engagement in homeland elections has become a highly
salient issue, especially given the widespread implementation of enfranchisement policies …

To the growing literature on non-resident citizens' special representation, we contribute with
a systematic examination of the role of descriptive representation of citizens living abroad in …

Some states that enacted external voting rights decades ago have still not regulated or
applied these rights, leaving emigrants unable to participate in elections. Searching for why …

This article analyses and explains the rapid electoral success of an emergent populist
radical right party in Romania—the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR). AUR's …

The emerging debate on transnational populism has thus far mainly focused on cases,
which have remained relatively inconsequential due to the weak institutionalisation of the …

Democracies that appoint legislators through elections in territorially defined, sub-national
constituencies and simultaneously enfranchise expatriate citizens must either assign …