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To vote or not to vote? Migrant electoral (dis)engagement in an enlarged Europe
New article in the journal Migration Studies analyses why migrants vote from abroad in elections in countries of origin, based on 80 interviews with Polish and Romanian migrants in Barcelona and Oslo.
Migrant Political Engagement and Voting from Abroad
Why do migrants vote? How do they compare countries of origin and residence? This new PRIO paper summarizes findings from 80 semi-structured interviews and offers insights from Polish and Romanian migrants living in Barcelona and Oslo.
Migration and political (non-)participation in origin countries
Why do migrants want vote in country of origin elections? Do they seek to drive change? And what are the reasons why some migrants also feel they ought not to have the right to vote in their origin contexts? Through 80 semi-structured interviews with Polish and Romanian migrants in Barcelona and Oslo the DIASPOLitic team sought to find out.
External Voting: The Patterns and Drivers of Central European Migrants' Homeland Electoral Participation
Monograph
Living Here, Owning There? Transnational Property Ownership and Migrants’ (Im)Mobility Considerations Beyond Return
Journal article in Central and Eastern European Migration Review
On the formation of content for 'political remittances': an analysis of Polish and Romanian migrants comparative evaluations of 'here' and 'there'
Journal article in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
To vote or not to vote? Migrant electoral (dis)engagement in an enlarged Europe
Journal article in Migration Studies
Migrant Political Engagement and Voting from Abroad: Insights from Interviews with Polish and Romanian Migrants in Barcelona and Oslo
PRIO Paper
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