1st Edition

Transnational Politics, Citizenship and Elections The Political Engagement of Transnational Communities in National Elections

By Chiara De Lazzari Copyright 2020
144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

Introduction  1. Transnational Politics and Citizenship  2. History of Italian Emigration and the Response of Political Parties   3. Electoral Participation from Abroad: Turnouts, Trends and Results  4. A New Understanding of External Voting: What Political Parties Want  5. Citizenship Rights and Political Identity of Emigrants  6. External Voting Policy in Turkey and Participation from Abroad  7. The Political Inclusion of Romanian Emigrants in Domestic Politics  8. New Experiences of Political Transnationalism. Comparing the Italian, Turkish and Romanian Experience  Conclusion  Appendix A: List of Interviewees  References

Biography

Chiara De Lazzari is Teaching Associate in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne and Research Associate at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.