The political choices of emigrants voting in home country elections: A socio-political analysis of the electoral behaviour of Bolivian external voters

Lafleur, Jean‐Michel; Sánchez-Domínguez, María

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“…Entre las variables contempladas se hace énfasis en la importancia de las remesas de los migrantes, la anticipación de beneficios electorales, los procesos de democratización, así como la influencia de países vecinos y de la comunidad internacional. Por otro, diversas investigaciones se centran en entender la participación electoral de los migrantes y su impacto en la polí-tica de los países de origen (Bermúdez 2011(Bermúdez , 2010Boccagni 2011;Escrivá et al 2010;Itzigsohn y Villacrés 2008;Lafleur y Sánchez-Domínguez 2015). cualitativas), «Transnational voting practices among migrants: the Colombian 2010 elections from the UK and Spain» (I. P. C. McIlwaine, Queen Mary, University of London, 2010-2011; financiado por British Academy; trabajo de campo, 829 cuestionarios, 29 entrevistas cualitativas), «Crisis, migration and integration: the experiences of Colombian migrants in Madrid, London and Brussels» (CEDEM, Université de Liège, 2013-2015; financiado por Marie Curie COFUND Fellowship; trabajo de campo, 600 cuestionarios, 32 entrevistas cualitativas).…”

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“…Emigrantes con perfiles socioeconómicos o étnicos específicos se pueden sentir atraídos por países de destino concretos, y esto se visibilizaría en el comportamiento electoral posterior. Tal y como otros trabajos demuestran, los orígenes étnicos de los votantes y su socialización política previa (incluyendo experiencias de discriminación por parte de las élites blancas) juegan un papel central en las preferencias electorales de los votantes bolivianos en el exterior (Lafleur y Sánchez-Domínguez 2015). Por esta razón no ha de sorprender que la población boliviana mayoritariamente indígena en Argentina apoyara fuertemente al MAS, el partido que explícitamente pretende representar sus intereses.…”

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“…Los migrantes colombianos, bolivianos y peruanos han participado en mayor o menor medida, recientemente o desde hace más tiempo, en los procesos democráticos de sus países de origen de varias maneras, incluyendo el voto externo (Bermúdez y McIlwaine 2015;Escrivá et al 2010;Lafleur 2012;Lafleur y Sánchez-Domínguez 2015). Una comparación de esta participación nos permite dilucidar, por un lado, hasta qué punto los procesos de inclusión política de la diáspora están funcionando y, por otro, cómo los migrantes pueden contribuir a los procesos democráticos y a la calidad de la democracia.…”

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Contribuyendo a la democracia en países de origen: el voto externo de los migrantes andinos

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2017

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

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Fecha de recepción: 7 de octubre del 2016 Fecha de aceptación y versión final: 26 de mayo del 2017 RESUMEN: Este artículo analiza cómo las prácticas políticas de los migrantes contribuyen a la calidad de las democracias en sus países de origen. Para ello nos centramos en el fenómeno del «voto externo», comparando las experiencias de tres países andinos: Colombia, Bolivia y Perú. En los tres casos se han creado mecanismos de inclusión política de los nacionales residentes en el exterior, pero en contextos históricos, socioeconómicos y políticos diferentes y con diversos resultados.Palabras clave: migrantes; calidad democrática; países de origen; voto externo; países andinos.ABSTRACT: This article analyses how migrants' transnational political practices contribute to the quality of democratic systems in their countries of origin. It focuses on the phenomenon of the «external vote», comparing experiences from three Andean countries: Colombia, Bolivia and Peru. In all three cases, mechanisms to politically include nationals residing abroad have been

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2017

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“…1 Lafleur and Sanchez Dominguez (2016) use a small-scale multi-sited exit poll survey to test the impact of pre-migration and post-migration variables. The former include demographic and socio-economic criteria, while the latter consist in the reason to migrate, the migration journey, the length of time abroad, and the living conditions in the host country (legal status, employment, experiences of discrimination, knowledge of the language, etc.…”

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“…The results suggest that political preferences among the electors abroad are strongly shaped prior departure, rather than resulting from their experience abroad. Lafleur and Sanchez Dominguez (2016), who look at external voting among Bolivians in South America, North America, and Europe, conclude that the migration experiences influences to a certain extent perceptions of homeland politics, but that political preferences are mostly shaped prior to departure.…”

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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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The Immigration-Emigration Nexus in Non-EU Sending States: A Focus on Welfare Entitlements, Consular Services, and Diaspora Policies

Vintila

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2020

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Migrants’ access to social benefits has been intensively studied in the European Union, but less scholarly attention has been dedicated to the way in which non-EU welfare regimes adapt to international mobility. This chapter introduces a volume that aims to address this research gap by taking the perspective of non-EU states on migrant social protection. To do so, our analysis focuses on 13 countries: Argentina, China, Ecuador, India, Lebanon, Morocco, Serbia, Senegal, Switzerland, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, Tunisia, and Turkey. These countries represent relevant sending states for migrants coming to the EU, with some of them also hosting sizeable immigrant populations. We argue that their different migration characteristics (including the size and main features of their immigrant and diaspora populations) as well as the peculiarity of their welfare regimes (which often followed a quite distinctive historical path of development compared to their EU counterparts) may shape their responsiveness in terms of ensuring migrants’ access to domestic welfare systems.

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The political choices of emigrants voting in home country elections: A socio-political analysis of the electoral behaviour of Bolivian external voters

Cited by 55 publications

References 31 publications

Contribuyendo a la democracia en países de origen: el voto externo de los migrantes andinos

Contribuyendo a la democracia en países de origen: el voto externo de los migrantes andinos

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

The Immigration-Emigration Nexus in Non-EU Sending States: A Focus on Welfare Entitlements, Consular Services, and Diaspora Policies

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