Immigrants' Participation in Voting: Exposure, Resilience, and Transferability

Voicu, Bogdan; Comşa, Mircea

doi:10.1080/1369183x.2013.873712

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“…This effect was found regardless of the country of origin in question. These results are in line with recent literature on immigrants' political participation showing that a highly participatory previous context promotes involvement in political activities, even more so when immigrants are still involved in political activities in their country of origin (Voicu and Comşa 2014;Voicu and Rusu 2012). We believe further research should therefore focus more explicitly on the type of holiday that immigrants participate in, as well as their motivation for participating.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

“…Based upon the assumption that previous experiences in the country of origin can be transferred, adapted, and used once immigrants arrive in their country of destination, previous studies have argued that immigrants from countries that have a civic or political environment similar to the host country integrate more easily than immigrants from countries with a very different environment (Voicu and Comşa 2014;Voicu and Rusu 2012;White, Nevitte, Blais, Gidengil and Fournier 2008). This is explained by the acquisition of civic or political skills that are more compatible with those needed in the country of destination.…”

Section: Previous Familiarity With National Daysmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…We included activities that the literature on political participation might consider 'low cost' activities, as well as 'high cost' activities (De Rooij 2012;Voicu and Comşa 2014). To measure participation in Remembrance Day, we asked respondents:…”

Section: Dependent and Independent Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…voting, volunteering), this study aims to answer these questions by examining to what extent immigrants' host national day participation can be explained by previous participatory experiences related to their country of origin, in addition to socio-cultural factors related to their current country of residence. We follow a recent line of research suggesting that to understand immigrants' political participation, not only immigrants' current situation should be taken into account, but also -and perhaps even more so -the 'previous participatory context', in other words, experiences related to immigrants' country of origin (Voicu and Comşa 2014;Voicu and Rusu 2012).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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National day participation among immigrants in the Netherlands: the role of familiarity with commemorating and celebrating

Coopmans

Jaspers

Lubbers

2016

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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This study explores to what extent varying levels of host national day participation among immigrants can be explained by previous participatory experiences related to their country of origin, in addition to socio-cultural factors related to the current country of residence. Utilising data from a large online immigrant panel, we concentrate on two prominent national days in the Netherlands: Remembrance Day and Liberation Day. On these days, Dutch society commemorates victims of the Second World War and celebrates freedom, respectively. Our results indicate that Dutch national day participation among immigrants is determined largely by previous familiarity with commemorating and celebrating through participation in holidays specific to immigrants' country of origin. These findings highlight the need to place more emphasis on the role of previous participatory experiences when examining immigrants' current patterns of participation in the host society. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

Section: Previous Familiarity With National Daysmentioning

confidence: 95%

Section: Dependent and Independent Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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National day participation among immigrants in the Netherlands: the role of familiarity with commemorating and celebrating

Coopmans

Jaspers

Lubbers

2016

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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“…According to this perspective, the participatory behavior is a function of values with which citizens are socialized (McAllister and Makkai 1992). In the particular case of immigrants, the socialization process can take place either in their countries of origin (Eckstein 1988) or in their countries of residence (Voicu and Comşa 2014). At the same time, the two environments of socialization are connected: McAllister and Makkai (1992) showed that experiences and values from the country of origin can influence the values acquired in the country of residence.…”

Section: Theory and Empirical Expectationsmentioning

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Voting home or abroad? Comparing migrants' electoral participation in countries of origin and of residence

Gherghina

Tseng

2016

Natl. pap.

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Abstract:The political participation of immigrants has received increased scholarly attention over the last decades. However, comparisons between the electoral behavior of immigrants in their countries of origin and of residence are still limited. This article addresses this gap in the literature and seeks to identify the determinants of Romanian immigrants' electoral participation in the local elections of four West European countries (Germany, France, Italy, and Spain) as compared to their turnout in their home country's legislative elections. Looking through the lenses of exposure theory, we hypothesize that contact with institutions, people and values from countries of residence are likely to have different effects in the two types of elections. We test the explanatory power of five main variables -time spent in the host country, social networks, degree of involvement in local community, and the type of relationship with citizens of their host countries -to which we add a series of individual-level controls such as age, education, gender, and media exposure. To assess our claim, we employ binary logistic regression to analyze an original web survey data collected in the summer of 2013. The result supports the empirical implications of exposure theory.

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Immigrant collective civic action: Integrating group resilience into the social identity model of collective action

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Procentese

Gatti

et al. 2023

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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Based on the social identity model of collective action (SIMCA), this study examined factors associated with immigrant collective civic action, while also testing the role of group resilience. A convenience sample of 226 first‐generation immigrants (58.6% female) of different nationalities completed a self‐report questionnaire. Partial least squares path modelling was used to test a model assessing the relationship between national and ethnic identity and collective civic action, mediated by collective efficacy, perceptions of collective unfair treatment, and group resilience. Results confirmed the identity–efficacy pathway to collective civic action for both national and ethnic identity, but not the ethnic identity–injustice or the ethnic identity–group resilience pathways. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

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Immigrants' Participation in Voting: Exposure, Resilience, and Transferability

Cited by 63 publications

References 49 publications

National day participation among immigrants in the Netherlands: the role of familiarity with commemorating and celebrating

National day participation among immigrants in the Netherlands: the role of familiarity with commemorating and celebrating

Voting home or abroad? Comparing migrants' electoral participation in countries of origin and of residence

Immigrant collective civic action: Integrating group resilience into the social identity model of collective action

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