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Beyond Emigrant Voting: Consultation as a Mechanism of Political Incorporation from Abroad OR not all Emigrant Consultative Bodies are Born the Same
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Abstract The scholarship on political transnationalism aims to understand how and why emigrants keep relevant political ties with their state of origin as well as cultivate new ones with their country of residence. Through the multiple formal shapes that such political ties can adopt, much has been written o... view more
The scholarship on political transnationalism aims to understand how and why emigrants keep relevant political ties with their state of origin as well as cultivate new ones with their country of residence. Through the multiple formal shapes that such political ties can adopt, much has been written on the electoral channel, neglecting other important formal mechanisms of political participation from abroad. In this short paper we contribute to the study of one such mechanism: consultative bodies of emigrant affairs. Looking at an entire world region -Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)- we compare the creation of such consultative bodies to the adoption of electoral rights and account for the main characteristics of consultative bodies, creating a typology of them along on two dimensions: independence from governmental authorities and degree of entitlement in the policy-making process. This work aims to set the ground for and encourage further comparative large-N and in-depth case studies that will contribute to better understand the possibilities that emigrant consultative bodies open for emigrant participation.... view less
Keywords
Latin America; Caribbean Region; politics; layout; diaspora; minority; emigration (polit. or relig. reasons); participation; political participation; election; integration; labor market; employment; migrant
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 139-146
Journal
Migration Letters, 17 (2020) 1
Issue topic
Diaspora Politics
DOI
https://doi.org/10.33182/ml.v17i1.834
ISSN
1741-8992
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications