TRANSNATIONAL POLITICS, CITIZENSHIP AND ELECTIONS : the political engagement of transnational... communities in national elections.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Lazzari, Chiara.

Series:

Transnationalism. Routledge research in transnationalism.

Routledge research in transnationalism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transnationalism--Political aspects.

Transnationalism.

Transnational voting.

Political rights.

Immigrants--Political activity--Foreign countries.

Immigrants.

Immigrants--Suffrage--Foreign countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : ROUTLEDGE, 2019.

Summary:

This book examines the reasons for which political parties engage with transnational communities and consider the engagement of expatriate communities to be of value or, otherwise, for domestic politics. Centred on Italy, and offering comparative analyses of external voting policies in other countries, such as Turkey and Romania, it draws on interview material with representatives of major political parties and members of state institutions to consider why parties value the political engagement of citizens living abroad. With attention to citizenship policies and the motivations that guide policy makers to introduce external voting policies in countries of origin, the author raises questions about the legitimacy of political engagement on the part of diasporic communities and asks how we should best understand the implementation of certain types of domestic citizenship policy. As such, Transnational Politics, Citizenship, and Elections will appeal to scholars of sociology and politics with interests in transnationalism and the engagement of expatriate populations in the domestic politics of their countries of origin.

Contents:

Transnational politics and citizenship

History of Italian emigration and the response of political parties

Electoral participation from abroad : turnouts, trends and results

A new understanding of external voting : what political parties want

Citizenship rights and political identity of emigrants

External voting policy in Turkey and participation from abroad

The political inclusion of Romanian emigrants in domestic politics

New experiences of political transnationalism : comparing the Italian, Turkish and Romanian experience.

Notes:

Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--Swinburne University of Technology, 2017, titled Homeland politics and the emigrant vote : the view from Italy.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-62678-9

0-429-03208-0

0-429-62842-0

9780429032080

OCLC:

1110437457