Polish Migrants in Ireland and Their Political (Dis)engagement in Transnational Space by Justyna Salamońska, Magdalena Lesińska, Weronika Kloc-Nowak

“…We utilise data from a survey conducted by the Centre of Migration Research (University of Warsaw) with Polish migrants in Ireland which documents low levels of political engagement as measured by voting turnout in Polish presidential and parliamentary elections as well as the Irish local elections and elections to the European Parliament.A lack of knowledge about political participation rights or how to engage in voting is one explanation for the low levels of voting, especially in Irish local and European parliamentiary elections. …”
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