Political Regimes and External Voting Rights: A Cross-National Comparison
In this article, we analyze the nexus between political regimes and external voting rights. Using a global longitudinal dataset, we report that higher levels of inclusion and contestation bring higher probabilities that a state adopts and implements emigrant enfranchisement. Taking outliers from our...
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| author | Sebastián A. Umpierrez de Reguero Sebastián A. Umpierrez de Reguero Sebastián A. Umpierrez de Reguero Inci Öykü Yener-Roderburg Inci Öykü Yener-Roderburg Vivian Cartagena Vivian Cartagena |
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| description | In this article, we analyze the nexus between political regimes and external voting rights. Using a global longitudinal dataset, we report that higher levels of inclusion and contestation bring higher probabilities that a state adopts and implements emigrant enfranchisement. Taking outliers from our quantitative assessment, we then further examine two liberal democracies, Ireland and Uruguay, and two electoral autocracies, Turkey and Venezuela. These country cases reveal three mechanisms that shed light on the strategic role of political elites in explaining the relation between political regime type and emigrant enfranchisement. First, the democracies under study show us that in certain contexts with a relatively large diaspora size and in which part of the political spectrum is hesitant about the political orientation of nonresident citizens, emigrant enfranchisement is neither necessarily promulgated nor implemented. Second, the autocracies illustrate that when the diaspora favors (or is perceived to favor) the incumbency, then external voting rights are extended; otherwise, third, they are withheld or limited for nonresident citizens. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f89fca23c0264710895a7bdf8f5ec1b52022-12-21T18:45:34ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Political Science2673-31452021-03-01310.3389/fpos.2021.636734636734Political Regimes and External Voting Rights: A Cross-National ComparisonSebastián A. Umpierrez de Reguero0Sebastián A. Umpierrez de Reguero1Sebastián A. Umpierrez de Reguero2Inci Öykü Yener-Roderburg3Inci Öykü Yener-Roderburg4Vivian Cartagena5Vivian Cartagena6Institute of Research in Social Science, Diego Portales University, Santiago, ChileInstitute of History, Leiden University, Leiden, NetherlandsGlobal Citizenship Observatory, European University Institute, Fiesole, ItalyDepartment of Turkey Studies, University of Duisberg-Essen, Duisburg, GermanyDepartment of Political Science, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, FranceCasa Grande University, Guayaquil, EcuadorThe Permanent Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, Guayaquil, EcuadorIn this article, we analyze the nexus between political regimes and external voting rights. Using a global longitudinal dataset, we report that higher levels of inclusion and contestation bring higher probabilities that a state adopts and implements emigrant enfranchisement. Taking outliers from our quantitative assessment, we then further examine two liberal democracies, Ireland and Uruguay, and two electoral autocracies, Turkey and Venezuela. These country cases reveal three mechanisms that shed light on the strategic role of political elites in explaining the relation between political regime type and emigrant enfranchisement. First, the democracies under study show us that in certain contexts with a relatively large diaspora size and in which part of the political spectrum is hesitant about the political orientation of nonresident citizens, emigrant enfranchisement is neither necessarily promulgated nor implemented. Second, the autocracies illustrate that when the diaspora favors (or is perceived to favor) the incumbency, then external voting rights are extended; otherwise, third, they are withheld or limited for nonresident citizens.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpos.2021.636734/fullpolitical regimeexternal voting rightsdemocratizationauthoritarianismemigrant enfranchisementdemocracy |
| spellingShingle | Sebastián A. Umpierrez de Reguero Sebastián A. Umpierrez de Reguero Sebastián A. Umpierrez de Reguero Inci Öykü Yener-Roderburg Inci Öykü Yener-Roderburg Vivian Cartagena Vivian Cartagena Political Regimes and External Voting Rights: A Cross-National Comparison Frontiers in Political Science political regime external voting rights democratization authoritarianism emigrant enfranchisement democracy |
| title | Political Regimes and External Voting Rights: A Cross-National Comparison |
| title_full | Political Regimes and External Voting Rights: A Cross-National Comparison |
| title_fullStr | Political Regimes and External Voting Rights: A Cross-National Comparison |
| title_full_unstemmed | Political Regimes and External Voting Rights: A Cross-National Comparison |
| title_short | Political Regimes and External Voting Rights: A Cross-National Comparison |
| title_sort | political regimes and external voting rights a cross national comparison |
| topic | political regime external voting rights democratization authoritarianism emigrant enfranchisement democracy |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpos.2021.636734/full |
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