Non-resident citizen electorates and democratic participation

Abstract

Increasing mobility challenges us to reconsider the way democracy is conceived and practiced. Inequalities in franchise rights and electoral participation persist across the EU. This panel seeks to address such inequalities. It investigates mobile citizens’ voting rights in national, sub-national and supranational elections held in their countries of residence and nationality, while also discussing the determinants of their voting behaviour. Substantive representation is a central focus as well as the roles of political parties and electoral procedures in shaping the experiences of external electorates.

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