How does international migration impact the composition of the demos? Constitutional
doctrines and democratic theories suggest contrasting responses: an insular one excludes …

In this chapter, I present the main debates on emigration in contemporary Europe. I argue
that emigration and diaspora studies addressing emigration of Europeans are rather limited …

In this article I criticize, first, democratic inclusion principles that are indeterminate with
regard to democratic boundaries and indifferent towards the structural features of polities. I …

It is increasingly common for political rights to be extended to citizens who are permanently
resident outside their state of citizenship. In a small minority of cases (13 countries as of …

All over the world immigration is one of the most urgent political issues, creating tensions
and unrest as well as questions of justice and fairness. Academics as well as politicians …

The introductory article to the special issue discusses how the extension of voting rights
beyond citizenship (that is, to non-national immigrants) and residence (that is, to expatriates) …

The article compares the institutional constraints that limit the potential electoral impact of
external voting in national legislative elections in the 28 Member States of the European …

This book challenges mainstream arguments about the de-ethnicization of citizenship in
Europe, offering a critical discussion of normative justifications for ethno-cultural citizenship …

Who has a claim to be included in a democratic polity? This has been a vexing question for
political theorists as well as legislators and judges. Philosophers have tried to make the …

Although the number of external voters has increased significantly in the past decades, the
normative and political dilemmas of absentee voting still receive little scholarly attention. The …