Inside out? Directly elected ‘special representation’ of emigrants in national legislatures and the role of popular sovereignty

Collyer, Michael

doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2014.01.002

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“…For example, Collyer (2014) compares 13 countries that assign dedicated electoral districts with special representatives for extra-territorial voters, arguing that these provisions exemplify changing notions of state sovereignty that challenge the traditional inside/outside (or domestic/foreign) dichotomy of state functions. By giving citizens abroad political representation and influence at home, origin states perform domestic policy outside their own territory, exhibiting their own fluidity and adaptability and revealing the resilience of states against arguments about deterritorialization or reterritorialization.…”

Section: Embracing Transnationalismmentioning

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“…By giving citizens abroad political representation and influence at home, origin states perform domestic policy outside their own territory, exhibiting their own fluidity and adaptability and revealing the resilience of states against arguments about deterritorialization or reterritorialization. In Collyer's view, the extension of such rights is mainly a "means of completing universal suffrage on which the legitimacy of democratic polities depends" (Collyer, 2014). Moreover, it also exemplifies how states increasingly base their legitimacy claims not on standards of territorial sovereignty but instead on appeals to popular sovereignty, as representatives of the nation.…”

Section: Embracing Transnationalismmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Comparing and theorizing state–diaspora relations

Délano

Gamlen

2014

Political Geography

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Section: Embracing Transnationalismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Embracing Transnationalismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Comparing and theorizing state–diaspora relations

Délano

Gamlen

2014

Political Geography

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“…Then, after the 2011 Uprising, the transitional authority in charge of leading the country "from the revolution to the election" gave a new impetus to external voting. Tunisia now allows direct parliamentary representation for its citizens abroad (as only thirteen other countries worldwide) and provides a number of overseas representatives that is proportionate to the (estimated) number of Tunisians abroad, which is unique in the world (Collyer, 2014). Third, the voter turnout among the Tunisians abroad is relatively important since 2011, especially in regard with the low voter turnout that characterizes external elections worldwide (International IDEA, 2007).…”

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“…Domestic politics also matter when it comes to understand the heterogeneous forms of implementation of external voting. Voting procedures and voting systems vary greatly from one country to another (Collyer, 2014;International IDEA, 2007;Lafleur, 2013). For example, external voting can be restricted depending one the country of residence or the length of stay abroad.…”

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Geographies of external voting: the Tunisian elections abroad since the 2011 Uprising

Jaulin

2016

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This contribution draws on the developing literature on the participation of citizens' abroad in elections of their country of origin. It looks at Tunisia as a case study. Although it focuses on a single case study, this paper is comparative to the extent that it puts the case of Tunisia in perspective with other cases from the literature, and that it discusses the influence of different settings on the voter turnout and the voting behaviour of the Tunisians abroad. By doing so, it shows how Tunisian specificities contribute to academic discussions on the diffusion of new citizenship norms in the age of globalization and on the extent to which migration contributes to political change in labour sending countries. The paper first explores the adoption of external voting provisions by the former Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali as soon as 1988, and the extension of external voting rights after the 2011 Uprising. The paper further adopts a geographic, diachronic, and multi-level approach to analyse the voter turnout and the voting behaviour among the Tunisians abroad since 2011. Results first show that the adoption and implementation of external voting in Tunisia is closely articulated to domestic processes of political change, regardless of the type of regime (authoritarian or democratic). Furthermore, results show that the voting behaviour of the Tunisians abroad follows the same trends than their Tunisian counterparts, but that it varies significantly depending on their place of residence (country, city, and neighbourhood). Such observation challenges the idea according to which migrants socialised with liberal values in Western societies tend to promote such values in their homeland. In contrast, this paper argues that the voter turnout and the voting behaviour in external elections depend on pre-migration variables and on the local context in which migrants are embedded.

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“…Aunque a priori pueda parecer que la reserva de asientos a emigrantes en las cá-maras legislativas funciona como un mecanismo que garantiza su representación en el sistema político de origen, algunos países lo han utilizado con el propósito contrario: controlar la influencia que la población emigrante puede tener sobre los asuntos internos de los Estados de origen (Collyer 2014). Diseñando un sistema de representación asimétrico (Spiro 2006) en el que los emigrantes tengan derecho a elegir un número inferior de representantes de los que les correspondería proporcionalmente según su peso con respecto a la población total, los Estados consiguen contener su influencia y asegurarse de que una alta participación exterior no cambia significativamente el resultado de las elecciones (Collyer 2014: 5).…”

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Ausentes, pero representados: mecanismos institucionales de representación de emigrantes en América Latina y el Caribe

García¹

2017

Am. Lat. Hoy. Rev. Cienc. Soc.

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Fecha de recepción: 28 de julio del 2016 Fecha de aceptación y versión final: 26 de junio del 2017 RESUMEN: Este trabajo, partiendo del marco brindado por los estudios sobre transnacionalismo y representación política, investiga dos de los mecanismos institucionales que 22 Estados de América Latina y el Caribe han diseñado para incorporar en su proceso político a sus emigrantes -la reserva de puestos en cámaras legislativas y los consejos consultivos-. El análisis revela que únicamente la mitad de los Estados de la muestra cuentan con algún mecanismo de representación institucional de emigrantes.Palabras clave: emigrantes; consejos consultivos; cámaras legislativas; representación; transnacionalismo.ABSTRACT: This paper, using the framework provided by studies on transnationalism and political representation, analyzes the institutional mechanisms that 22 states of Latin America and the Caribbean have designed to formally incorporate emigrants into their political process -reserved seats in their legislative chambers and advisory boards-. This analysis reveals that almost half of the states included in the sample do have a mechanism of institutional representation for emigrants.

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Inside out? Directly elected ‘special representation’ of emigrants in national legislatures and the role of popular sovereignty

Cited by 63 publications

References 34 publications

Comparing and theorizing state–diaspora relations

Comparing and theorizing state–diaspora relations

Geographies of external voting: the Tunisian elections abroad since the 2011 Uprising

Ausentes, pero representados: mecanismos institucionales de representación de emigrantes en América Latina y el Caribe

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