Why do parties support emigrant voting rights?
Østergaard-Nielsen, Eva (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Ciornei, Irina (Universität Bern)
Lafleur, Jean-Michel (Université de Liège)

Date:	2019
Abstract:	Policies allowing enfranchisement of non-resident citizens (emigrants and their descendants) are now implemented in the majority of states worldwide. A growing number of case studies show that the extension of voting rights to non-resident citizens is often contested among country of origin political parties. However, there is no systematic comparative study of why different political parties support or oppose external voting rights and how this position is framed by the parties. Drawing on a unique dataset based on 34 debates across 13 countries, we estimate the extent to which ideology and party family are correlated with the positioning and framing of parties. Among the findings are that the more to the right is a party, the more it tends to support external voting rights, except in the case of radical right parties. The position on emigrant voting rights is largely framed along more pragmatic arguments.
Grants:	European Commission 660571 European Commission 680014
Rights:	Tots els drets reservats.
Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Migration ; Parties ; Frames ; Electoral rights ; Positioning
Published in:	European political science review, Vol. 11, Núm. 3 (August 2019) , p. 377-394, ISSN 1755-7747

Adreça alternativa: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-political-science-review/all-issues
DOI: 10.1017/S1755773919000171

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