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Non-Residents’ Participation toward the Homeland Arena in European Perspective

Migration
Political Participation
Voting
INN208
Åsa von Schoultz
University of Helsinki
Sebastián Umpierrez de Reguero
Tallinn University

Building: A, Floor: 1, Room: SR3

Monday 13:00 - 14:45 CEST (22/08/2022)

Abstract

Ever-increased international migration has challenged the democratic dimension of political inclusion, thus incorporating non-resident populations in the demos. This has stirred scholars’ interest in closely examining processes of emigrant enfranchisement, transnational voting behaviour, as well as non-residents’ non-electoral participation. Yet, there is a lack of comprehensive dialogue between migration studies and participation literatures. By combining these theoretical avenues, this panel fills the gap connecting non-resident citizens, co-ethnics and/or second-generation migrants’ trajectories with (perceived) homeland politics. The panel focuses on European country cases, both in cross-regional perspective and using a case-study strategy, in homeland and country of residence contexts, to respond to a set of research questions previously unanswered

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