Why do autocracies enfranchise their citizens abroad? : a large-N event history analysis, 1990-2010
Fliess, Nicolas (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity)
Kiani, Ali
Østergaard-Nielsen, Eva (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Política i de Dret Públic)

Data:	2024
Descripció:	25 pàg.
Resum:	BCS GEMMA FET // MIREM JUNTES FUNDINGS.
Resum:	Autocratic ruling elites allow elections as a survival strategy. Many authoritarian regimes have taken this tactic one step further, also inviting their diaspora to vote from afar. This may seem puzzling given that elections abroad are difficult to control and provide a platform for exiled regime critics. So far, however, the reasons for autocracies to grant their diaspora voting rights have rarely been explored. In this article, we address this shortcoming. We employ a cross-national, autocratic regime dataset and a discrete-time event history model. We argue that autocracies use diaspora suffrage to repress and co-opt their citizens abroad while legitimizing their rule domestically and internationally. Autocrats are risk-averse and the decision to enfranchise hinges on the characteristics of the diaspora and the regime's need for legitimacy, repression and co-optation after power transitions. We substantiate these claims by demonstrating that autocrats are less likely to enfranchise a diaspora that largely resides in democracies or consists of refugees in democracies. In turn, successful coups render diaspora suffrage adoption more probable. In sum, external voting rights present a critical case to better understand why authoritarian states adopt democratic institutions and wish to connect with their internationally mobile population.
Ajuts:	European Commission 726405
Drets:	Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.
Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Diaspora ; Autocracies ; External voting ; Enfranchisement ; Elections ; SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Publicat a:	Democratization, Vol. 32 Núm. 3 (2024) , p. 659-683, ISSN 1743-890X

DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2024.2383795
PMID: 40144459

26 p, 984.5 KB

El registre apareix a les col·leccions:
Articles > Articles de recerca
Articles > Articles publicats