En Marche, French expatriates!

Kernalegenn, Tudi; Pellen, Cédric

doi:10.4324/9781003015086-8

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“…moderate En Marche! in France, see Kernalegenn & Pellen, 2020) have their movement-like logic, other types of parties would need to find alternatives.…”

Section: Discussion: Towards a Theory Of Transnational Party Institutionalizationmentioning

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Institutionalization of transnationalizing political parties: the case of the Conservative People’s Party of Estonia

Jakobson

Saarts

Kalev

2021

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While party institutionalization research has advanced notably in the recent years, the institutionalization of political parties that extend their organizations abroad (i.e. transnationalizing parties) has remained an academically uncharted territory. This article draws on party institutionalization literature and analyses the particularities of institutionalization in transnationalizing parties. The findings suggest that transnational institutionalization takes place simultaneously on multiple levels (local, national and transnational) and is distinctly interactive, placing crucial importance on the activities and responsiveness of both the central party organization as well as the extraterritorial branches. The internal dimensions of institutionalization can be notably affected by the territorially and temporally scattered nature of emigrant communities and by the sense of inclusion provided to the activists. The external dimensions of transnational institutionalization involve a wider variety of actors than institutionalization on the national level and can also be more challenging due to the more contingent socialization patterns and interest in politics of transnational migrants. Transnational institutionalization of political parties is relevant to the parties and their continuous electoral success, but also for transnational migrant communities and impact of their political participation.

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“…moderate En Marche! in France, see Kernalegenn & Pellen, 2020) have their movement-like logic, other types of parties would need to find alternatives.…”

Section: Discussion: Towards a Theory Of Transnational Party Institutionalizationmentioning

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Institutionalization of transnationalizing political parties: the case of the Conservative People’s Party of Estonia

Jakobson

Saarts

Kalev

2021

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“…State engagement with the British diaspora is however, by international standards, underdeveloped (Finch et al, 2010). But nor have Britons abroad, traditionally 'out of sight, out of mind,' attempted to engage much with their home country, either through emigrant associations or politically, in contrast for example with citizens of France (Collard, 2013;Kernalegenn & Pellen, 2020) or Italy (Tintori, 2011;. Following their enfranchisement in the 1980s, few took up their new voting rights, as seen in Fig.…”

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“…Within this wider context of a new sense of emigrant political engagement, there was also an unprecedented surge in membership of parties abroad after 2015, especially benefitting Labour and the Liberal Democrats. As explained more fully below, the two main UK parties, Labour and Conservative, had extended their memberships abroad following the enfranchisement of 'overseas electors' in the 1980ssimilar to what happened in other countries such as France (Kernalegenn & Pellen, 2020) or the USA (Klekowski von Koppenfels, 2020)but numbers were low and their activities had remained fairly low key. The post 2015 surge mirrored a similar trend in the home parties which also experienced a significant upturn in membership after a long period of decline.…”

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“…We know that emigrant citizens tend to hold specific socio-political interests (Østergaard-Nielsen & Ciornei, 2019;Paarlberg, 2019) and experience the consequences of homeland politics in a specific way (Kernalegenn & van Haute, 2020). As the French case demonstrates, they are very sensitive to institutional changes that concern them but also to homeland political dynamics when the image of their home country and potentially their own interests are at stake (Kernalegenn & Pellen, 2020). We can hypothesise that whereas British abroad might be influenced by electoral dynamics and party leadership elections in the UK, but in a more dulled way, Brexit should have even more influence, at least among the British living in Europe, since it has very concrete consequences for many of them.…”

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“…On the supply-side, what are the motivations of expatriates who join UK parties abroad and how do they compare to those of UK residents? The literature often suggests that launching an extraterritorial branch is primarily a bottom-up initiative, even though the process of institutionalization by the mother party is afterwards usually rather quick (Jakobson et al, 2020;Kernalegenn & Pellen, 2020;Klekowski von Koppenfels, 2020). What are the dynamics of parties abroad in a British context?…”

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Against a long trend decline in the membership of political parties in Western democracies, there has been an unexpected surge in the UK since 2015. Interestingly, this phenomenon has also been observed amongst British expatriates, despite their historically very low levels of engagement. Our paper explores this development using a multi-methods approach to investigate its impact across the three main parties, comparing the relative importance of supply-side and demand-side factors in each case. We show that the creation and development of British parties abroad are the result of two contrasting dynamics: a top-down one, which gives legitimacy and structure and in some cases, resources, and a bottom-up one, which gives purpose but also networks. Our survey of British expatriate party members reveals a diversity of triggers and motivations for membership, making an original contribution to the wider literature on party membership and on the political engagement of emigrants.

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Internet voting from abroad: exploring turnout in the 2014 French consular elections

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Internet voting has been available for French citizens living abroad since 2006, and 43.21% of them filled out their ballots online for the first election of their consular delegates in 2014. Using a multivariate analysis of turnout figures at the district and country levels, this research note explores if ballot box and Internet voters differ in their electoral participation patterns. It concludes that turnout must be understood based on the voting modality that French voters choose. While the characteristics of the electoral district (community size, geographical, and historical proximity with France, and party competition) impact ballot box voter turnout, Internet voter turnout is most influenced by the host country’s economic and infrastructure development.

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En Marche, French expatriates!

Cited by 10 publications

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Institutionalization of transnationalizing political parties: the case of the Conservative People’s Party of Estonia

Institutionalization of transnationalizing political parties: the case of the Conservative People’s Party of Estonia

The membership of parties abroad: a case study of the UK

Internet voting from abroad: exploring turnout in the 2014 French consular elections

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