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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
Lafleur, Jean-Michel; Sanchez-Dominguez, Maria
2015In Migration Studies, 3 (2), p. 155-181
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Keywords :
external voting; diaspora; elections; transnational; politics; bolivia; droit de vote; expatriés; bolivie
Abstract :
[en] What variables influence the electoral behaviour of citizens voting in home country elections from abroad? Despite the growing interest of migration scholars for the topic of external voting, this question remains largely unanswered. Basing ourselves on the existing political science literature on electoral behaviour and on the migration literature on immigrants’ participation in host country politics, we isolate different hypotheses that explain emigrants’ preferences in home country politics. We then build four models of voters based on these hypotheses: the social group voter, the ideological voter, the interest-driven voter, and the transnational voter. In the second part of the paper, we verify the validity of these models using the results of a survey carried out with Bolivian emigrants who took part in the 2009 Bolivian presidential election from abroad. Overall, this article identifies the drivers of immigrant transnational political participation and contributes to current debates on social remittances.
Disciplines :
Political science, public administration & international relations
Sociology & social sciences
Author, co-author :
Lafleur, Jean-Michel  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Institut des sciences humaines et sociales > Centre d'études de l'ethnicité et des migrations (CEDEM)
Sanchez-Dominguez, Maria
Language :
English
Title :
The political choices of emigrants voting in home country elections: A socio-political analysis of the electoral behaviour of Bolivian external voters
Alternative titles :
[fr] Le comportement électoral des émigrés votant à distance dans leur pays d'origine: Une analyse socio-politique des électeurs Boliviens expatriés
Publication date :
2015
Journal title :
Migration Studies
ISSN :
2049-5838
eISSN :
2049-5846
Publisher :
Oxford University Press
Volume :
3
Issue :
2
Pages :
155-181
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Commentary :
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